Ian Wright has referred to as out Diogo Jota for diving when he may have put the ball into the online.
Liverpool have been 3-2 up heading into the ultimate minutes of regular time towards Newcastle at Anfield. The guests had simply grabbed one again courtesy of Sven Botman within the 81st minute, once they have been dealt a brutal blow within the type of a harsh penalty conceded.
Replays confirmed Liverpool ahead Jota going one on one with goalkeeper Martin Drubavka, who lay stretched on the ground because the Portugal worldwide took the ball previous him. But with the aim gaping in entrance of him, Jota selected to go down with minimal contact as a substitute of scoring a straight-forward aim.
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His theatrical dive noticed him throw himself to the bottom after taking a number of steps previous Dubravka, whose elbow barely appeared to have brushed the Liverpool star. And legendary Arsenal striker Wright was amongst these slamming Jota for the embarrassing little bit of play.
Wright tweeted: “Would rather go down for a penalty than put the ball in an empty net! Seen it all!” Fellow Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer – one other legendary Premier League striker – shared his view, replying: “F***ing embarrassing.”
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Fans on social media replied to Wright’s tweet by commenting: “Did all the hard work went past the keeper then went down,” and: “The game is gone.”
Others added: “It wasn’t even a half decent attempt throwing himself to the ground. So pathetic,” and: “Hate the way the game has gone now.” Plenty extra referred to as the star a “cheat.”
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It marked a controversial and disappointing finish to an in any other case thrilling recreation. Mohamed Salah, having had a penalty saved within the first half, transformed on the second time of asking to clinch a 4-2 win for Liverpool.
Salah had put the Reds in entrance 49 minutes in after some incredible link-up play between Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez. Alexander Isak scored an equaliser 5 minutes later, earlier than Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo netted in fast succession for Jurgen Klopp’s facet.