http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 manager, Brendan Rodgers, believes that substandard refereeing cost his side the match against Manchester United on Sunday at Anfield.
The Merseyside outfit lost their third league match of the season, second at home, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 converted from a controversial penalty kick late on in the game.
Match referee, Mark Halsey, judged http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Valencia-c6345 inside the box. However, the replays suggested that there wasn’t too much into the challenge and that the Ecuadorian International went down rather too easily.
Moreover, the Reds midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonjo-Shelvey-c19081, was also harshly sent off in the opening moments of the second half.
Nonetheless, despite being a man down, Liverpool went in front through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196, but were pulled back by a sensational Rafael goal.
Van Persie then went on to force the winner, as he struck a powerful penalty past a helpless http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-Reina-c29672 to help his side record their 4th win in 5 league matches this term.
The situation might appear to be doleful for Rodgers, who is still yet to record his first league win after taking over the Anfield reins.
However, the Northern Irishman was confident that results will soon start pouring in for his team, and insisted that they were hard done by the match official during their game against the Red Devils.
“I thought the best team lost. What you can't control is decisions by the referee. The players were outstanding,” he told the reporters.
“It was never a penalty. It was just one of those days. The decisions just didn't go our way. I think we were harshly dealt with today. We'll soon turn these results into wins.”
The 39-year old was also critical of Halsey for his stringent action against Shelvey, claiming that his player deserved a red card as much as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonny-Evans-c19085 did.
“If Jonjo Shelvey gets sent off than so should Jonny Evans. I am bitterly disappointed the referee only saw one side of that,” he added.
Rodgers will be feeling the heat now, as his side are now languishing at the eighteenth spot in the table. Having bagged just 2 points out of a possible 15, this is the Reds worst start to a league campaign in over a 100 years.
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