Jamie Carragher was left flabbergasted by one refereeing determination 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 massive calls through the sport.
A kind 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 determination was overturned after a VAR overview.
Carragher ‘stunned’ 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 to be like like he touches it barely on his calf – and to then take Curtis Jones out like that…
“I’m going again to my day, making tackles, and also you used to say years in the past as a participant, ‘I gained the ball, ref’ and also you simply take somebody out and say ‘I gained the ball first’. These days are properly 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 obtained nowhere else to go, however he is available in and simply takes him out. The truth that the referee gave it, I’m very stunned they overturned it. I feel it ought to’ve been a penalty.”
Authentic determination ought to’ve stood, however it didn’t price Liverpool
To be honest to on-field referee John Brooks, it appeared a sure penalty in realtime, and the notion of the offence appeared considerably totally different when seen from a wide range of angles.
Though Sanchez obtained among the ball – the criterion which prompted VAR to overturn the preliminary determination – he nonetheless clattered into Jones with sufficient pressure that he may’ve precipitated the Liverpool midfielder an harm, 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 in the end it didn’t price us within the ultimate reckoning, with our quantity 17 exacting his personal revenge by scoring the profitable aim shortly after half-time.
