Jamie Carragher was left flabbergasted by one refereeing choice throughout Liverpool’s win over Chelsea at Anfield right this moment.
The Reds triumped 2-1 on an eventful night on Merseyside, with the official having to make a number of large calls through the recreation.
A type of was the preliminary awarding of a penalty in opposition to Robert Sanchez after he clattered into Curtis Jones simply earlier than half-time, however the on-field choice was overturned after a VAR evaluate.
Carragher ‘shocked’ by penalty name being reversed
Upon analysing the incident afterwards on Sky Sports activities, Carragher felt that the Chelsea goalkeeper was lucky to have the unique name reversed.
The pundit mentioned: “Contemplating the referee’s given the penalty – it appears like he touches it barely on his calf – and to then take Curtis Jones out like that…
“I am going again to my day, making tackles, and also you used to say years in the past as a participant, ‘I received the ball, ref’ and also you simply take somebody out and say ‘I received the ball first’. These days are nicely gone. You possibly can’t get away with simply getting the ball first, after which to take Curtis Jones out the best way the best way that he did…
“I perceive he’s received nowhere else to go, however he is available in and simply takes him out. The truth that the referee gave it, I’m very shocked they overturned it. I believe it ought to’ve been a penalty.”
Authentic choice ought to’ve stood, nevertheless it didn’t value Liverpool
To be honest to on-field referee John Brooks, it regarded a sure penalty in realtime, and the notion of the offence regarded considerably completely different when seen from quite a lot of angles.
Though Sanchez received a few of the ball – the criterion which prompted VAR to overturn the preliminary choice – he nonetheless clattered into Jones with sufficient pressure that he may’ve brought about the Liverpool midfielder an damage, which fortunately didn’t occur.
On one other day, that decision may very simply have remained within the Reds’ favour, however the excellent news is that finally it didn’t value us within the ultimate reckoning, with our quantity 17 exacting his personal revenge by scoring the successful objective shortly after half-time.
