Liverpool fans are on cloud nine after another near perfect weekend in the title race but some Aston Villa supporters are feeling aggrieved by the events of the game.
Taking to X, one away fan posted a video of the moment Ibou Konate and Ollie Watkins came shoulder to shoulder inside our penalty area.
The footage is supposed to prove that our No.5 fouled his opponent and you can see and hear from the reaction of the away end that many of them also thought it should have been a pen.
However, taking the claret and blue tinted glasses off, this video only further illustrates how the Frenchman merely showed off his strength and the correct decision was made on Saturday evening.
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Aston Villa should not have recieved a penalty at Anfield
That’s not to say that David Coote had the perfect game at Anfield, with one moment before Darwin Nunez’s opening goal being the perfect demonstration of this.
Arne Slot has been left baffled by several decisions made against the Reds already this season and would be more than happy to point out any more errors.
This was not one of them though and it does illustrate how hard it can be for officials with so many people having polarising opinions on different decisions.
Common sense prevailed here and we went on to extend our lead at the top of the Premier League, something we will hope continues when domestic football returns after this week’s international break.
You can watch the supposed penalty for Aston Villa via @avfc_ess on X:
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— sam (@avfc_ess) November 9, 2024
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Interesting one. We (Villa) were definitely NOT ‘robbed’ in the Watkins/Konate incident, but the Bradley pull on Torres’ shirt was a stonewall pen given that he pulled him out of the exact area that the ball was delivered to. And of course later in the game our DM was given a yellow card for a much less significant shirt pull outside the area….
It’s inconsistency that’s the biggest problem, and VAR being the Ref’s mate & backing them up, rather than reviewing incidents objectively…
(And yes, Bailey got away with avoiding Red, because you scored!
Penalty , no chance , they wanted 2 first one was triple salka probably the best five of the weekend, second one , as Virg said your six foot three n,grow a pair, so no they weren’t penalties😅
Chris, by your calculations we wanted 3 penalties! I agree with the 2 you’re referring to. I’m talking about the shirt pull by Bradley – not the Torres ‘Triple Salco’ as you put it!
No sour grapes about losing – we didn’t deserve anything – but if one of your players is pulled away from where the ball is delivered to – in the box – I guarantee you’ll all be screaming for a pen….
It happens to Mo every week, week in week out cos he’s a handful. Not all in the penalty area obviously but when it does the it’s a penalty but never been given this season,,,,,,,,yet?
VEry honest of you to say by the way the other two weren’t penalties.
The triple Salco was acutely embarrassing, if an LFC a player exaggerated a dive like that I’d be highly embarrassed for him