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The striker was again guilty of a huge miss as Everton all but ended Liverpool’s title hopes

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Alex Young @alexwsyoung4 minutes ago

Jamie Carragher has branded Darwin Nunez's miss against Everton as "unforgivable" and believes the Liverpool striker could be sold by the next manager.

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The Reds saw their Premier League title hopes all but end on Wednesday night as their Merseyside rivals won 2-0 to hand Jurgen Klopp his first defeat at Goodison Park in his final derby.

Liverpool struggled through but had a gilt-edged chance to equalise before half-time but Nunez fired straight at Jordan Pickford with half the goal gaping.

Speaking after the game, Carragher said: "The chance that Nunez misses before half-time, that is unforgivable at this level.

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

Nunez continues to be a cult favourite to certain fans but his record of 33 goals in 92 games, and reputation for remarkable misses, has raised doubts over his future.

Klopp is leaving this summer, with Feyenoord head coach Arne Slot the heavy favourite to succeed him, and Carragher believes the incoming manager could look to replace the striker after two inconsistent seasons.

"I think there is a question to ask," he added.

"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.

This is the business end

He’s not doing enough to win you the biggest trophies so there is a big decision to be made on him

"In terms of Nunez and where the club go forward now, we have all been in squads where someone comes in and maybe you talk about the first year and maybe say, okay he’s getting up to speed with and he’s improving, and it looked like he was at the start of the season.

But it has ground to a halt.

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

I don’t think it is going to be enough to win you the biggest trophies so I think there is a big decision to be made on him in the summer."

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