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Darwin Nunez speaks after Arne Slot slams ‘unacceptable behaviour’ to glaring miss v Aston Villa

Darwin Nunez speaks after Arne Slot slams the player’s ‘unacceptable behaviour’ to his glaring miss v Aston Villa on Wednesday night.

Following Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Aston Villa manager Arne Slot publicly criticised Darwin Nunez for his reaction for missing the opportunity to have secured a win for the Premier League leaders.

Nunez, who came off the bench in the second half, blazed a close-range shot over the bar with the goal at his mercy, prompting Slot to express frustration not just with the miss itself, but with what he perceived as a drop in Nunez’s work rate afterward.

Slot remarked that while he can accept missed chances as part of a striker’s life, he found Nunez’s subsequent “behaviour” unacceptable, noting that “it got too much in his head” and that he wasn’t the “usual Darwin who works his ass off” to help the team.

In response, Nunez took to social media shortly after Slot’s press conference on Thursday addressing the criticism and reaffirm his commitment to Liverpool.

Image credit: X/@AnfieldEdition

Nunez wrote: “I wasn’t the best three weeks ago, and I’m not the worst now. 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! 💪🏼”

it is a statement that reflects Nunez’s determination to bounce back and his acknowledgment of the rollercoaster nature of his form, while subtly responding to both his manager’s comments and the broader scrutiny from fans and pundits.

Some interpreted Slot’s blunt critique as a sign of tough love aimed at motivating the 25-year-old Uruguayan, while others see it as a potential signal of growing frustration with Nunez’s inconsistency.

His lack of goals across all competitions this season, sees him struggle to get a starting role under Slot.

Nunez’s post suggests resilience, but it also comes after an initial, quickly deleted message that reportedly hinted at frustration with fans’ shifting perceptions — indicating the emotional toll of the moment may still linger as Liverpool prepare for a crucial clash against Manchester City on Sunday.

His deleted tweet: “Two three weeks ago, Darwin was the best, Darwin gave us the three points, but yesterday I was unlucky enough to miss a goal and I am once again the “worst” and the failure. I don’t fall, I get up and I’m never going to give up. I’m going to give it my all until the last day I have to be in Liverpool. Resilience!”

Trent Alexander-Arnold earned Liverpool a point at Aston Villa with deflected second-half strike; Villa led thanks to Ollie Watkins and Youri Tielemans after Mohamed Salah was gifted the opener.

The result means Liverpool extend their lead at the top to eight points.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery speaking to TNT Sports:

“You have to wait your moment to attack and get chances like we had. We did. We were more or less competing well and we came back in the first half.

“When you are winning like that, it’s Liverpool and they can score like they did. We came close to scoring in the final minute. We had more options to win in the final 20 minutes.”

On the error for Liverpool’s opener, he added: “I see everything and I am trying to get the best. We are taking some risk and avoiding it a lot of the time. Today they scored but we are not changing and will work to improve.”

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk speaking to TNT Sports:

“A bit disappointed but we fight. We had chances to win the game, took a bit of a risk at the end so it got more open at times. We take a point and move on and focus on a big one at the weekend, again.

“In possession we did quite well, created good opportunities to score the second. Disappointing to concede from a set-piece. We tried everything and unfortunately it wasn’t enough for three points.

“We should have scored 3-2, but credit to Aston Villa, they made it very difficult.

“We have a very tough one on the weekend again, then we play Newcastle, our focus now will be on Man City, a very difficult game, we know that.

“Do everything in your power to win games, the focus will be that on Sunday again.”

Liverpool boss Arne Slot speaking to TNT Sports:

“Not so happy, to be honest. We created far more chances than them and created chances to win. But we also conceded from a set-piece.

“If you are 1-0 down it is far from easy. Their second chance was a goal, was a cross, but they may have won it in the final moments but when you put all the chances together, I am not happy with the 2-2.

“It matters where we are in the league table but the pressure is always on if you are Liverpool. We have all the ingredients to achieve success this season.

“You have to play the game as it unfolds and some games play long ball and others want to bring it out from the back. They can come back but if you look at the chances we had to win the game, you can understand that there is one person in the dressing room that feels quite down. I think you know who it is.”

Twitter users reacted as Darwin Nunez speaks after Arne Slot slams ‘unacceptable behaviour’ to his glaring miss v Aston Villa…

@LFCsonder: After this tweet I’m expecting an all timer performance against man city

@lrchandley: Fair enough, shit happens. Some people on here that call themselves fans are just too cruel to our own players.

@KianLFC03: He angers me, he upsets me. But after going through Balotelli, Voronin, N’Gog, Aspas and many more, I will never hate him

@lNVERTEDWlNGER: You can have whatever opinion you want on Darwin, but he’s here until at least the end of the seasons and a part of the squad going for the title. Back the players… there’s no point abusing or tweeting negative shit at or about them when they obviously see most of it on here.

@rithwikrajendra: What you do on the pitch defines you as a football player, so that’s where you walk the talk.

@LFCSF: It’s us against everyone, @Darwinn99 (Some of you “fans” need psychological help, don’t abuse our players)

@HungarySzoboFPL: I’m sorry but as infuriating as Darwin Núñez is at times (a lot of times), the comments under this post are an absolute joke. Some Liverpool “fans” need to get a grip of themselves and fast. We need to pick our players up and not kick them down.

@Diosecurity: He’s actually not wrong. Still backing him to the end of the season 🦾

@tristankop: He’s so weak. Focus less on what us losers on social media are saying and focus more on finishing 👍🏻

@glasgowbroony: Mate? Not that fuckin hard to score a tap in. Fuck off out of Liverpool mate

@Darwin__Theory: The thing is he thinks that the brentford game was the norm and his miss yesterday was the anomaly, is the other way around

@Daleplaysbass: The amount of people posting hate on him is really clearly affecting him. We aren’t talking insignificant amounts- hundreds of people! Can you imagine getting this kind of hate day in and day out?! I’d hate it a d it would affect me too! If you say it wouldn’t you’re lying

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