Anfield boss, Brendan Rodgers, feels that poor refereeing standards might force the players into adopting dubious ways to get the decisions in their favour.
The Northern Irishman’s comments came in the wake of Liverpool’s controversial 2-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday.
During the game, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonny-Evans-c19085 with his studs up. However, the Red Devils defender escaped from any punishment, even though his role in the challenge was quite similar to that of Shelvey.
The match referee also waved away a couple of penalty appeals from Luis Suarez, but eventually, did point towards the spot. However, it was not for the Reds to benefit from.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Valencia-c6345 inside the box, but the replays suggested that the Ecuadorian International fell intentionally to win the decision in his favour.
The decision proved to be decisive, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 converted from the spot-kick, to consign the Merseyside team to their third league defeat of the season.
Still in search of his first EPL win as Liverpool manager, the Ulsterman warned that substandard refereeing could affect the spirit of fair-play in football.
He explained that even though he has always encouraged his players to play by fair means, seeing other teams get decisions in their favour by dubious ways might force them to follow suit.
“It’s how we work and how I ask the players to play. We want to win the game and by fair means; but, to me anyway, in this opening period that hasn’t worked for us,” he told the reporters in an interview.
“We just need to be careful that by diving on to the floor and going down it means you get a decision, whereas if you tried to stay on your feet, you may not… But if by going down it gets them a decision, ultimately, players will do that.”
Earlier, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196, and Glen Johnson also hit out at Mark Halsey for his stringent actions against their team, claiming that the referee was particularly harsh towards Suarez.
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