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Roberto Firmino might not have been as prolific as Aguero but, in terms of what he brought to Liverpool, finding a footballer of the Brazilian’s oh-so unique skillset really was ‘impossible’.

Gary Neville, with around half an hour on the clock during Liverpool’s Merseyside derby defeat at Everton on Wednesday night, could not shake the memory of Firmino from his mind as the man who inherited his number nine shirt miscontrolled a pass his predecessor would have brought down and laid off without breaking sweat.

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“That’s a really good ball into him inside the box,” Neville sighed, a much-maligned Darwin Nunez letting the pass slip out of his grasp as the similarly out-of-sorts Mo Salah waited patiently for a lay off that would never arrive (Sky Sports).

“When is he going to polish his game, Darwin Nunez?

Glorious opportunities in that 2-2 draw with Manchester United and that 1-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace were also squandered, Nunez scoring only once in his last nine games as he falls behind Chris Wood and level with Jean-Philippe Mateta in the Premier League charts.

“The chance that Nunez misses before half-time, that is unforgivable at this level,” blasted the exasperated Liverpool icon Jamie Carragher.

“That is not acceptable at this level, certainly when Liverpool are going for the title.”

“You want him to do well because there is so much that you like because he gives everything.

He runs and causes trouble, and gets the odd goal and gets an assist.

“But, after two years when Liverpool this season are going to the title and those big games, you need your man to score away at Old Trafford, away at Goodison, in the European game at Atalanta.

“But it has ground to a halt.

“You are looking at it now and, after two years, I don’t think there is going to be a massive improvement in him.
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