Kyle Walker’s feedback relating to the penalty that by no means was has incensed Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher.
The former Anfield hero is satisfied Manchester City are taking part in “mind games” after placing their England defender up for an interview swiftly after their 1-1 draw on Merseyside. Walker, 33, spoke with the broadcaster lower than 24 hours after Michael Oliver refused to offer a last-second penalty for what appeared a blatant foul within the field by Jeremy Doku on Alexis Mac Allister.
Liverpool’s shouts for what may have been the match-winning spot-kick in a Premier League six-pointer have been shut down after the VAR cleared Doku. And Walker was stuffed with reward for Oliver, whom he mentioned carried out his duties “really, really well.”
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“I feel once you have the Anfield crowd behind them [Liverpool], he could have crumbled,” he informed Sky Sports. “That shows his experience and that shows his character, and that’s why he’s regarded as one of the best referees in the country and the world at the minute.
“Listen, it is most likely lower than me to say if I do suppose it is a pen. If I say it is not a pen, then it is headlines and if I say it’s a pen, then it is headlines. The VAR has checked it, the ref has carried out it, and that is all I’m going to say on it.”
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But Carragher reacted as if he was witnessing a scene out of The Twilight Zone as he took in Walker’s feedback. The 46-year-old could not fairly consider what he was watching so quickly after Sunday’s controversy, with Liverpool feelings nonetheless operating excessive for anybody linked to the Reds.
Taking to X (previously Twitter) on Monday, Carragher wrote: “I didn’t think the penalty decision was a huge mistake by the official, but this interview is bizarre! Man City press officer setting it up to try and change the narrative that they were lucky with the decision!!! Mind games.”
It’s tough to argue towards Carragher’s assertion that the interview appeared a bit of too coincidentally timed to be happenstance. And he wasn’t the one one who felt Walker’s feedback have been greater than a bit of out of the bizarre.
“What a weird interview to have the day after the game and that decision,” commented one social media consumer after watching the clip. Another viewer replied: “Less than 24 hours after the game and he was interviewed like this?”