Liverpool suffered numerous irritating refereeing choices of their defeat to Brentford. (Photograph by Ryan Pearce/Getty Photos)
Liverpool are in a really troublesome scenario after struggling 4 consecutive defeats within the Premier League over the weekend. Arn Slott’s aspect misplaced 3-2 to Brentford, dropping them to seventh place within the desk.
Slott wasn’t glad after the sport in London, and a spotlight was targeted on a number of penalty calls that did not go the crew’s manner on the G-Tech Group Stadium.
Mark Clattenburg agrees with Van Dijk on Gakpo penalty name
Based on TBR Soccer, Mark Clattenburg spoke about a number of large calls in Brentford’s match in opposition to Liverpool, together with the penalty awarded to the house crew for a foul on Virgil van Dijk. The previous referee made it clear that his choice to award the spot-kick to the Dutch defender was the proper one.
“Virgil van Dijk clearly made contact with Dango Ouattara’s foot on the penalty space line. The penalty space line is a part of the penalty space, so any contact would end in a penalty. My first impression was that the contact seemed to be on the skin, however from each angle you possibly can see it was on the road.”
Clattenburg additionally insisted Liverpool made the appropriate choice to not award a penalty after Kodi Gakpo went down underneath a problem contained in the Brentford space.
“Kodi Gakpo needed a penalty kick when he was challenged contained in the penalty space. It was clear that Gakpo noticed the defender’s ft and was thrown to the bottom, so the referee’s choice to not award the spot kick was wonderful.”
“Referees test for unnatural actions by attackers when awarding a penalty kick, and it’s clear from replays that Gakpo’s arms had been above his head. If it was a pure fall, his arms would have prolonged to cease the autumn.”
Liverpool will probably be determined to get again on observe as quickly as potential. They host Crystal Palace within the Carabao Cup in midweek after which host in-form Aston Villa at Anfield on the weekend as they appear to get again to profitable methods within the Premier League.
