On Nunez’s miss, which had echoes of Ronny Rosenthal’s famous howler for Liverpool in the same fixture in 1992, Slot added: “Szoboszlai made it an open goal chance and then Darwin was, of course, it was not his best leg, he’s right footed, of course, but it was still a big chance.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot warned his side they cannot afford to keep dropping points in games they deserve to win after a horror miss from Darwin Nunez in a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa.
The three points were there for the taking when Dominik Szoboszlai laid a golden chance on a plate for Nunez, who fired over an open goal at the far post, with Liverpool having to settle for their fourth draw in their last eight matches.
Slot’s side missed the chance to move 10 points clear at the Premier League summit after being held in an entertaining encounter at Villa Park.
Mohamed Salah continued his impressive season with a goal and assist as he opened the scoring in the first half and then teed up Trent Alexander-Arnold’s second-half equaliser after Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins had turned the game around for Villa before the break.
