Liverpool were sleep walking against Southampton in the first half and it conceding against the relegation strugglers marked a poor first 45.
Although this proved to be the moment that seemed to kick us into gear, replays suggest that the goal perhaps shouldn’t have stood.
Mateus Fernandes managed to get in-between Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk during their miscommunication and got his foot to the ball before our ‘keeper.
This allowed Will Smallbone the opportunity to collect the ball, before placing it between the Brazilian’s legs and into the back of the net.
However, reviewing the footage appears to show that the Portuguese midfielder touching the ball moved it forward to his goal scoring teammate in an offside position.
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Southampton’s goal possibly shouldn’t have stood
It was a first half performance that led to a stern word for his players from Arne Slot, with this finish being the main punishment for the display.
If we review the goal back though, it feels like we may have been a lot more upset with this incident had the Reds not gone on to win the game.
A second half turnaround meant that we got ourselves back into the game and thanks to, as Paul Merson said, Mo Salah’s 800th goal of the season – we took all three points home with us.
We may not have had such a stark difference in first and second half performances if there hadn’t have been a goal conceded but it feels like a real error on the part of VAR to not have seen this mistake.
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Haha, doont Liverpool always get the bad calls against southampton! They should have lost both games
And somehow we didn’t!!!!! Southampton are a strong side. They are holding up the rest of the Premiership.😉😉😉
i just wrote about it on youtube. This guy Fernadandes has 7 yellow cards already.
Fernandez stood on Becker’s left foot, holds his left shoulder & leg blocks Becker’s left leg then falls over & VVD falls over over him. The goal is appears offside as well! How is this not a foul? The 1st LFC penalty was soft. Saints goal should not have stood & the penalty on Nunez not given why is it only the penalty being discussed?
Foul on Becker stone wall, not so the penalty given for Smallbone on Nunez which was very soft. Absurd denying Becker fouled with ridiculous euphemism, “coming together”, when Fernandez plants his foot on Becker’s left foot, clearly holding him & causes him to fall