Stephen Warnock was not pleased with Darwin Nunez’s apparent diving for Liverpool against Fulham earlier today.

Indeed, it was a one of the games of the season as Liverpool came from 3-2 down to win 4-3, with Trent Alexander-Arnold’s brace the difference for the Reds.

The Uruguay international led the line for the Reds this afternoon as the 24-year-old striker struggled to break down the Cottagers, with Nunez hitting the bar in the second half.

The Uruguayan did not score or get an assist despite his side bagging four times. Instead he was criticised for diving at Anfield by one of the club’s former players.

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Nunez appeared to dive in an attempt to win a penalty kick on multiple occasions.

Referee Stuart Attwell was not fooled by Nunez’s simulation but neither did he show the Uruguayan a yellow card.

However, former Liverpool defender Warnock felt that Attwell should have penalized Nunez

Yet Nunez’s supposed diving left a sore mark on Warnock, with the pundit clearly annoyed with the Liverpool attacker’s antics against Fulham today.

Warnock said: “There has been a few times now that Nunez has thrown himself to the ground looking for a foul. Book him. We need to eliminate that from the game.”

If it isn’t evident already, diving has no place in football, with the act something that shouldn’t be anywhere near a Premier League pitch, let alone at Liverpool.

And for Nunez, the forward knows better than to delve into the darkest of dark arts, even if the striker is now forming a reputation as being the chaos merchant of the Premier League.

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Nunez has made the centre-forward spot his own this season, fighting off competition from Cody Gakpo and the now-injured Diogo Jota, but Warnock has made it clear that such actions have no place in the game in his eyes.

Despite picking up the three points in dramatic fashion it was a frustrating day for Nunez personally, having hit the bar and he will feel that he should have been among the goals against a leaky Fulham defence.

Warnock made 67 first-team appearances for Liverpool between 2004 and 2007.

Nunez joined Liverpool from Benfica in June 2022. The 24-year-old scored 15 goals in 42 games in all competitions last season.

Prior to Sunday’s game, he had netted seven times in 19 matches this season.