Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville believes Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez should have been booked for flopping to the ground against Chelsea.

The Reds returned to action on Sunday following the international break with a 2-1 win over Chelsea, with a Mohamed Salah penalty and a second half Curtis Jones strike seeing Arne Slot’s past the Blues at Anfield. While the start of the second half was frantic after Chelsea equalised through Nicolas Jackson, Liverpool soon re-took the lead through Jones.

And from there, the fast start petered out, only for tensions to re-ignite when Benoit Badiashile and Nunez came together. The Uruguayan striker went through the back of the French defender, which prompted Badiashile to confront Nunez.

Badiashile then bumped into Nunez with his chest, prompting the latter to hit the deck. The Uruguayan artist tried to make the most out of this altercation, but it remained unnoticed by the referee.

That much to Neville’s frustration. Speaking on Sky Sports, Neville could be heard saying: “Get up!”

He then added: “Badiashile just puts his chest towards him and he goes down like that.”

Then Nunez went to chase after Badiashile, which led to Neville saying: “He should have been booked for falling to the ground! He defends well, backtracks and works hard but he has to be more careful!

Nunez did end up being booked following the incident while Badiashile escaped a caution. However, in the end, it did not matter, especially after Liverpool won the game 2-1 to return to the top of the table.

In a match that saw William Saliba sent off, Arsenal fell to Bournemouth on Saturday night, while Manchester City beat Wolves 2-1 in a thrilling late encounter to stay on top of Liverpool. The Frenchman will now miss Chelsea’s and Newcastle United’s matches as well as the match against Liverpool next weekend.