Liverpool, in an all-important point in the title fight, walked away from their match against Aston Villa with only a point after drawing 2-2 at Villa Park – and Darwin Nunez’s post-match reaction has sparked outrage among the Anfield supporters.
The Reds have maintained their position at the top of the Premier League, but Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal now have a match in hand – Saturday’s match against West Ham United – and Liverpool’s recent draw leaves the door slightly open for a momentum shift.
Ryan Gravenberch, widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, is among players who supporters have asked Slot to rest ahead of their hectic schedule – and their patience with Nunez, formerly of Benfica, is wearing thin.
With both teams looking for the crucial win, he squandered a golden opportunity just before the 70-minute mark. Dominik Szoboszlai found him at the far post, but his left-footed shot flew over the crossbar, provoking mixed reactions.
Aston Villa fans breathed out a collective sigh of joy and relief, while Liverpool fans groaned in astonishment that he had not, at the very least, hit the target. The inconsistent Uruguayan’s overall game play was terrible, as were his post-match activities.
While the Liverpool players, led by Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, and others, applauded the travelling away fans, Nunez took it upon himself to walk down the tunnel without joining the rest of the Merseyside-based team.
I can accept missing open goals but Nunez was strolling most of the time he was on. Shocking attitude. #LFC pic.twitter.com/znic7ZYpF7
— Asim (@asim_lfc) February 19, 2025
One of the highest-paid attackers in the Premier League, the 25-year-old line-leader was also conversing with Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez after the game – something that supporters, on X (previously Twitter), are not best pleased about.
Here’s our players saluting our fans, and that’s Darwin Nunez at the same time, taking his shirt off and going to the dressing room.
Another went one step further to claim that his ‘attitude stinks’, echoing a similar reaction when he got rid of his Liverpool-based posts on social media: “Here’s our players applauding to our fans, and that’s Darwin Nunez at the same time, taking his shirt off and going to the dressing room. His attitude stinks, exactly like when he deleted all Liverpool posts.”
On his unbelievable miss, one fan said: “I can accept missing open goals, but Nunez was strolling most of the time he was on. “Shocking attitude.” Another person wrote, “What the hell is Nunez smiling at?” “Leave my club.”
Darwin Nunez costing us the game and possibly the title yet he is laughing with martinez. JOKE OF A PLAYER pic.twitter.com/2qlwhjPVwQ
— Machado 🇮🇪 (@MMA_Machado) February 19, 2025
Darwin Nunez costing us the game and possibly the title yet he is laughing with martinez. JOKE OF A PLAYER pic.twitter.com/2qlwhjPVwQ
— Machado 🇮🇪 (@MMA_Machado) February 19, 2025
Some argue that defending Darwin Nunez’s move to Anfield, which occurred nearly three years ago, is ‘against’ the club. They wrote, “If you continue to defend Darwin Nunez, you’re against this football club. Simple as that.” This season, Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz – a winger by trade – have been preferred to the Artigas-born centre forward at the top of the tree. Restricted to just 35 outings, often from the bench, he’s only scored six goals and fi
