Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez hits back with social media message after open-net miss against Aston Villa

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Liverpool could easily have taken three points against Aston Villa on Wednesday evening but had to settle for a draw.

The Reds have been stumbling a little in the Premier League title race, and now sit eight clear of Arsenal who have a game in hand.

In isolation, the point at Villa Park is not a bad one, with Unai Emery’s side one of the best in the Premier League.

However, owing to some big missed chances across the game, Liverpool supporters came away with a feeling of an opportunity squandered.

There were a few contenders, but the worst of these misses quite clearly belonged to Darwin Nunez.

After Nunez blasted the ball over an open Aston Villa goal, the striker took to social media on Thursday to give his response.

Darwin Nunez responds to criticism

There was no place to hide for Nunez against Villa. The 25-year-old simply had to score.

Of course, there’s no guarantee that Liverpool would have won the game had he put the ball in the net, but they’d have had a brilliant chance to do so.

Amongst the criticism, there was still plenty of sympathy for the No.9. Jamie O’Hara has come out in defence of Nunez and there was definitely an argument that Dominik Szoboszlai should have had a shot instead of taken on the pass.

Either way, it’s clear what Nunez thinks about it. Taking to X on Thursday, the Uruguayan sent a defiant message.

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“I wasn’t the best three weeks ago, and I’m not the worst now,” says Nunez.

“If I fall, I get up. You’ll never see me give up. I’m going to give it my all until the last day I’m here in Liverpool. Resilience!”

Nunez needs to heed his own advice

It’s messages like these that mean part of the Liverpool fanbase will never give up on Nunez.

However, judging by Arne Slot’s comments about his striker to the press on Thursday, he needs to take his own advice.

Slot called Nunez out, not for his miss, but for his failure to ‘work his ass off’ as usual following the miss.

“It’s not so much the missed chance, but his behaviour after that chance,” said the Liverpool head coach.

“And by that I mean he got too much in his head, that he wasn’t the usual Darwin that works his ass off and makes sure he helps the team. I think he was too disappointed after he missed that chance.”

We’re all for resiliencia, but it needs to be seen out on the pitch.