Liverpool fought back from a goal down to claim a 1-1 draw at home to title rivals Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday. Jürgen Klopp’s men were denied a possible penalty in second-half stoppage time when City winger Jeremy Doku caught Alexis Mac Allister on the chest with a high foot. The draw sees Arsenal ahead of Liverpool on goal difference with Man City a point adrift in third place with 10 games remaining.
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46 Comments
City fan here, that was totally a penalty.
As a neutral, that was a pen all day and I suspect the ref was too weak to make the call. VAR is useless.
Looked like Mac Ailister ran into Doku's foot to me.
Ref had bunch of 115 written apples 😡😡😡😡
Not just the ref but sky is in on it too. City don't have that kind of corruption clout. This is the Monarchy not wanting liverpool to win. The ref will favour arsenal in the next match against city to create an illusion that its incompetence and not something against liverpool. But in the end liverpool will not win the league. Any other team that is capable to win will be push to the top.
We were obviously robbed. We beat City. Everyone could see it.
Ettihad money at work?
……again
…….still
Deduct one point for every FFP violation.
YNWA
They don't want Liverpool to win the Premier League.
This is going on his videos of best press conference moments 😂😂
Agreed
that why klopp leaving…epl corruption is too much
Referees helped you mugs be on that position
Money, A big plate of Saudi money served on A gold platter
Love Klopp haha
It wasn't a penalty. Simple as that.
I just LOVE Klopp!
They're not gonna let us win it. Plain and simple.
officials are honest – but far too often inept despite the training they do – this was a penalty 100% because it was dangerous play – anywhere else on the filed it would have been given and the refs know this in their heart
Ref had a salad with solid gold croutons.
That's a pen
Just two things to add to this debate. You were given 2 points against Nottingham Forest and you lost 2 points against Manchester City !
It's obvious that they're just trying to keep the league as nail-biting as possible. They don't want anyone running away with it.
We've seen these sorts of VAR decisions being made all season long, and not just to Liverpool. They're fiddling, for sure.
Brotha,diaz missed 2 of the best chances especially against city in that position,oliver probably thought they'd miss the penalty ,that's probably why he didn't give the penalty 💀
you win some you lose some. remember the diabolical handball on trent city were not awarded a couple years back?
it was a soft pen
it is what it is. he loves to complain
Why dont you do some "journalism" and imvestgate the pgmol corruption; more than 40 % of epl officials are from greater Manchester. The EPL is rigged.
100% penalty
Manchester City is the MOST FAVOURED team in history: by circumstances (bought by UAE), by luck (Aguero), by referees, by f*** everything, and you have the audacity to wonder why that wasn't given? Just get real.
Rigged as always
TWO fatal mistakes: Leaving Salah on the bench for too long AND subbing Nunez instead of erratic Diaz!
It was a ref mistake but how was Klopp not fined for that comment? Jose would get fines and touchline bans for WAY less
Now back off Klopp, we have jobs refereeing in the UAE Pro League to think about.
That was American football with steroids..
I thought one the reasons for bringing VAR was to avoid such situations. We’ve seen it used to deny goals where a player is offside by a few millimetres. I begin to believe those who think somewhere money is involved
It was not a penalty
LFC: Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing.
It’s funny, so he won’t be punished. He’s not arteta.
The PGOML is single-handedly changing the Oxford definition of “Clear and obvious” 😂
Some oil!
Class manager❤
Clearly, what is needed here is a way for "other" referees to watch these incidents who can then advise the pitch referee to take another look. Now what could we call it?
Micheal Oliver at it again
At least he still happy so it's fine.
Robbed.
The referees are getting very rich. Their reward per match is much higher than the top player.
Please cool down Liverpool Sir Kloop – Time will come for Machister City teams to improve some more.
Thats why he want retired from EPL😢
Lol going miss him big time