Slot questions referee calls regardless of Liverpool win

by Anthony S. Hansen
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Arne Slot has prompt referee John Brooks wished to show he wouldn’t be intimidated by the Anfield crowd throughout Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Chelsea.

Sunday’s sport featured a number of VAR checks together with an incident within the sixth minute the place Tosin Adarabioyo was proven a yellow card for pulling again Diogo Jota, who threatened to burst by means of the Chelsea defence simply previous the midway line.

Liverpool took the lead after Mohamed Salah transformed a Twenty ninth-minute penalty, awarded for Levi Colwill’s problem on Curtis Jones however they have been denied a second spot-kick on the stroke of half-time.

Brooks initially pointed to the spot after Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez collided with Jones within the field however was despatched to overview the choice by VAR official Michael Oliver and subsequently determined no penalty needs to be given.

Nicolas Jackson equalised for Chelsea on 48 minutes — a aim that was deemed offside on the sphere however overturned on VAR overview — earlier than Salah crossed for Jones to attain the winner on 51 minutes.

Liverpool held on to safe a victory which returned them to the highest of the Premier League however Slot prompt they could have loved a extra comfy afternoon had the officers adopted a unique method.

Requested concerning the Anfield environment, the ex-Feyenoord boss mentioned: “The followers have been actually essential for us. I do not know if that is one thing individuals say in England however they mentioned at my former membership, which was additionally a powerful stadium, that ‘yeah, the referees are a bit impressed by the gang and that is why you get the straightforward choices in your favour.’

“However in the present day confirmed irrespective of how loud the followers have been, the referee simply wished to point out that he was in a position to not give the selections he needed to make. So it did not assist us with the referee but it surely undoubtedly helped our gamers as a result of they needed to work so exhausting.

“If each time they cheer so exhausting for you in case you make a block deal with, or Darwin [Núñez] sprinted again, or all these moments, that undoubtedly helps you mentally. They have been actually essential for the gamers however sadly, it did not occur what all individuals at all times suppose that Anfield at all times offers you straightforward penalties.

“Is that true or not? In the present day, it confirmed once more that it wasn’t.”

Slot described Sunday’s win over Chelsea as essentially the most troublesome of his tenure up to now.

“Many different video games have been exhausting however this may need been the toughest possibly due to the quantity of high quality gamers they’ve and the construction they’ve,” the Dutchman mentioned. “We needed to battle actually exhausting to get this one over the road.”

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