Darwin Nunez, who was leading Liverpool 4-0 at the time, shrugged off missing a clear sitter against Sparta Prague.

In the 35th minute, Salah delivered a superb pass across the box to Nunez, who was only a few yards in front of the goal, and Liverpool was eight goals ahead on aggregate after winning the reverse match 5-1 a week earlier.

The Uruguayan attacker laughed it off and thanked his teammate for the fantastic ball, but the seemingly clear opportunity somehow went skyward. 

Against Sparta Prague on Thursday night, Liverpool scored four goals in the first thirteen minutes. Nunez opened the score before Bobby Clark scored the team’s first goal.

Within ten minutes, Mohamed Salah had already broken a club record for the Reds by scoring their third goal of the game. Four minutes later, the Egyptian found Cody Gakpo to be his provider.  

Darwin Nunez missed an absolute sitter – but laughed it off with Liverpool 4-0 up on the night

Nunez had opened the scoring, with Liverpool going 4-0 up on the night before his big miss

Three minutes before the half, Sparta Prague’s Veljko Birmancevic scored a consolation goal. However, Dominik Szoboszlai and Gakpo added more goals to put Liverpool ahead 6-1 for the evening. 

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No more goals were scored, and Liverpool advanced with ease, defeating their Czech opponents 11-2 overall.  

With ten games remaining, Liverpool is one point ahead of Manchester City and in second place in the Premier League, trailing leaders Arsenal on goal differential.

The last match before the international break is Sunday’s FA Cup quarterfinal between Jurgen Klopp’s team and Manchester United.