Liverpool’s English midfielder Jordan Henderson (2L) and Liverpool’s Croatian defender Dejan Lovren (2R) talk with referee Craig Pawson (L) after Lovren conceded a penalty during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield in Liverpool. Photo: Paul ELLIS / AFP
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp slammed referee Craig Pawson for the controversial penalty decision that allowed Everton to escape with a 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby on Sunday.
Klopp was furious that Pawson awarded a 77th-minute spot-kick for Dejan Lovren’s barge into Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Wayne Rooney converted the penalty to claim his first Merseyside derby goal and cancel out Mohamed Salah’s superb first-half opener.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp“I don’t understand why the ref is doing that. Lovren doesn’t make a challenge. Calvert-Lewin makes a step. The hand is on the back,” Klopp said in a tetchy television interview.
“If you think it is a penalty say so.
Klopp Slams Referee For Controversial Penalty Decision
