LFC Live - Why Liverpool penalty vs Atletico Madrid was overturned as 'embarrassing' decision explained

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Jeremie Frimpong thought he had won a Liverpool penalty but the decision was overturned by VAR(Image: (Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images))

Liverpool were denied the chance to score a third goal in the first half of their Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid when a penalty decision was overturned.

Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah put Arne Slot's side in complete control of the European fixture after just five minutes.

Salah then had multiple chances to grab his second of the game before it looked as though he would get another one from 12 yards.

Just before half-time, Jeremie Frimpong broke down the right and into the penalty box, but his cross was deflected behind by Clement Lenglet.

A corner was given initially, but referee Maurizio Mariani then pointed to the spot.

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Replays showed the ball did not touch his hand; however, with it hardly unsurprising, he was then recommended by VAR to go over to the pitch-side monitor.

The decision was quickly reversed, but that did not stop damning verdicts from being issued.

"His arm's up, but it doesn't even touch his arm or his hand," Clinton Morrison said on Sky Sports.

"The linesman must have given it because the referee gave a corner.

"If they had given that, I probably would've walked off set."

Ally McCoist and Darren Fletcher were also flabbergasted by the call to give a penalty, with the Scot saying: "That's actually embarrassing.

It's shocking."

With Salah already on the score sheet, it is very possible that Alexander Isak would have been given the spot-kick in order to grab a goal on his debut.

The Swede went close twice soon after that, but he was unable to mark his first 45 minutes in a Liverpool shirt with a goal.

Instead, it was Atletico that found the back of the net with Marcos Llorente poking home in first-half stoppage time.

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