Jurgen Klopp challenges Liverpool’s decision, according to your morning headlines.
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I heard it now’ – Jurgen Klopp asks for show of hands as Liverpool manager responds to Brighton’s red card call Jurgen Klopp avoided criticizing the decision not to send off Pascal Gross as Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw at Brighton.
He has said that he is “too old” for further arbitration disputes.
The Reds played an entertaining game at the Amex Stadium on Sunday afternoon, with Mohamed Salah scoring twice after Simon Adingra’s opener in the 20 minutes on the south coast.
Salah’ssecond goal, canceled out by Lewis Dunk in the second half, came from the penalty spot after Gross had dragged Dominik Szoboszlai to the ground while receiving a pass from Darwin Nunez.
Referee Anthony Taylor refused to even book Gross for dragging the Hungary captain back, and VAR, Chris Kavanagh, chose not to get involved after a check.
After VAR errors and controversial decisions marred last week’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham – and subsequently dominated the news cycle – Klopp avoided giving his detailed assessment of the call to keep Gross on the pitch .“To be honest, I didn’t even realize it at the time,” Klopp said. “When there was a penalty, I didn’t think about the red. But now I felt it was a scoring opportunity.Read the full story here.
Why Pascal Gross wasn’t sent off after awarding a penalty to Liverpool for ripping Dominik Szoboszlai’s shirt Pascal Gross avoided a red card against Liverpool as VAR officials did not see the occasion as a ‘clear scoring opportunity’.
Liverpool were awarded a penalty at Brighton when German midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai fell to the ground in the penalty area and appeared to make no real attempt to play the ball. Mohamed Salah scored to give the Reds a 2-1 lead.
In cases where players have attempted to recover the ball, they will not be sent off by the referee. In this case, Gross not only avoided a red card, but the 32-year-old also avoided a yellow card for this infraction.
The guide lines on denying clear scoring opportunities state: “If a player commits an offense in his own penalty area which deprives an opponent of a clear scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty, the offender will be warned if it is an infraction. “an attempt to play the ball or a challenge for the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no opportunity to play the ball, etc.), the offending player must be sent off.
But despite Salah’s goal, Liverpool fans were left seething after Gross escaped further punishment, and the ECHO understands it was because it was felt Szoboszlai was not heading towards goal and he took possession of the ball to have a chance to score a goal.
