Liverpool given new penalty and red card verdicts after Burnley drama - 'Really soft'

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Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has supported the decision to grant Liverpool a vital stoppage-time penalty against Burnley.

It also guaranteed Liverpool's continued position at the summit of the table.

After the match, Burnley manager Scott Parker offered a candid evaluation of the penalty decision, which came following a handball by Hannibal Mejbri.



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There was no aggrievement from the Burnley players."

The spot-kick wasn't the sole significant officiating call during the encounter, as Burnley was left with 10 players in the 84th minute when Lesley Ugochukwu received a second yellow card for fouling Florian Wirtz.

This will always be a second yellow card!

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If that was his first challenge, then yes, it's a yellow card," he countered.

"But a second yellow

Wirtz has just come across his legs.

"I don't think that's a yellow card offence, in my opinion