Fans watching West Ham 2-2 Liverpool were left confused when Anthony Taylor appeared to blow the whistle belatedly when Cody Gakpo was hoping to put the Reds a goal ahead.

Gakpo saw that the whistle had not been blown and went to try and score, at which point the referee did blow and stopped the game for Areola to receive treatment.



The Liverpool forward thought he should have been allowed to put the ball in the net.

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Taylor had, though, signaled that he was playing advantage.

When the goalkeeper put the ball on the floor, Taylor could technically have let Gakpo score.

The easiest thing would have been for Taylor to blow up initially but he didn't do that, leading to some confusion.

Areola received some quick treatment from the West Ham physios and the remainder of the 90 minutes played out.

Liverpool.com says: If the Reds had scored from that, it would have been a very strange moment.
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