Arne Slot admits Liverpool 'frustration' at Man Utd decision after Marc Guehi incident

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Arne Slot has admitted that Liverpool has been left frustrated after Maxence Lacroix was sent off against Manchester United; Marc Guehi received a booking in a similar incident against the RedsMohamed Salah was denied a penalty during the first half of Liverpool's game against Manchester City(Image: Getty Images)Arne Slot has admitted there is a sense of frustration with officials after Maxence Lacroix was sent off during Crystal Palace's game against Manchester United in a similar incident to one in which Marc Guehi received a yellow card against Liverpool.The Manchester City defender was deemed to have pulled Mohamed Salah’s shirt just outside the penalty area, bringing the Egyptian to ground and stopping him from latching onto Dominik Szoboszlai’s through pass, which could have led to a shooting chance.Pawson issued Guehi a yellow card, a decision that was reviewed and upheld by VAR. Lacroix made a last-ditch grab at Matheus Cunha's shoulder and continued to hold on.Referee Chris Kavanagh initially pointed to the spot before consulting the VAR monitor to review the challenge, ultimately deciding to dismiss the Palace center-back for a "clear and obvious denial of a goalscoring opportunity."United went on to win the game 2-1.Maxence Lacroix was sent off after a challenge on Matheus Cunha(Image: 2026 Getty Images)When asked in the Wolves pre-match press conference whether the incidents were comparable, Slot said: "Very comparable."The only difference is that Mo was pulled by the shirt and the Palace one was by the shoulder.

I see a similar distance and maybe the distance between Guehi and Dias was even bigger than Palace's two center-backs."When I saw it live, I didn't think the VAR would give a red card. This is what I hold against VAR.

I wasn't surprised it was a red card because to me, it was a red card for Guehi too. "We hope to have him back next week."Not having the German against West Ham limited the Reds, which struggled to create chances from open play, forcing Slot's side to rely heavily on set-pieces."Things went back to normal, mainly because I just said that we’ve created quite a lot of chances in the first half of the season that constantly did not go in, or too many times did not go in with being unlucky," Slot said on Saturday.