Iconic Liverpool coach went 'mad' at star player after he showed his true colors

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Former Liverpool player Jamie Carragher has recalled how Robbie Fowler received a stern telling off from ex-Reds coach Ronnie Moran for once telling a referee to reverse a decision to award Liverpool a penalty.

Carragher was speaking in the latest episode of The Overlap Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet, when the topic of cheating in soccer came up.

Don’t get out of the way, let him hit you.’

"When a keeper rushes out and the striker thinks, ‘If I get there first, I’ll just run into him,’ we all know that’ll be a penalty

I’d always encourage my attacking players not to bother with this idea of being ‘Mr Honesty.’

"Ronnie Moran, the famous Liverpool coach, once went mad at Robbie Fowler after a game against Arsenal – because Fowler told the referee not to award a penalty to Liverpool.



Robbie Fowler told the referee not to award Liverpool a penalty during a game against Arsenal in 1997

"Liverpool won the match anyway, but Moran told him, ‘Don’t ever do that again!’

"If the referee gives you a penalty, you don’t tell him it’s not a penalty."

The incident Carragher was referring to took place during a game between Arsenal and Liverpool at Highbury in 1997, when Fowler went down under a challenge from David Seaman, but remarkably instructed referee Gerald Ashby not to award a penalty.

Despite Fowler's honesty — replays showed there was no contact between Seaman and the striker — Ashby would not change his mind, and the original penalty decision stood.

Fowler ended up missing the penalty, but Jason McAteer tucked home the rebound as Liverpool went on to secure a 2-1 win.