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Arne Slot rages at Liverpool decision he can't explain - 'You can feel my big frustration'

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SportFootballLiverpool FCArne Slot could not understand why Daniel Munoz's goal for Crystal Palace in their 3-1 defeat at his Liverpool team was allowed to standArne Slot heaped praise on Freddie Woodman as he bemoaned the decision to allow Crystal Palace's controversial goal at Anfield to stand.Liverpool defeated the Eagles 3-1 on Saturday afternoon as they moved a step closer to secure Champions League qualification next season.Injuries to Alisson Becker and Giorgi Mamardashvili meant Slot had to call on his third-choice goalkeeper and the head coach couldn't have been more impressed with his performance.Woodman made a number of vital stops to keep the Reds ahead and deservedly earned the applause from the Kop at the end of the game.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! Today they were on our side."Palace did get a goal back in controversial circumstances when Woodman went down with an injury, which allowed Daniel Munoz to put the ball into an empty net.Slot was in disbelief at the moment as he said: "It's almost impossible because of all things we have experienced this season.



You could write a book about it."Every time I think there's nothing that can happen anymore that didn't happen yet, but we saw today a goalkeeper on the floor and conceding a goal. That's very positive."Slot railed against the decision to allow the goal as he said: "Does the referee only stop the game for head injuries?"The amount of times that players were pretending they were injured and the referee buys into this has become a tactic in football."The Liverpool boss added: "I think it's time that a referee know who they are refereeing.

I think he should have stopped the game."Slot pointed to how it was clear Woodman was not feigning injury and speculated the referee must not have noticed he was down before Munoz put the ball into the net.He said: "That's the only fair explanation why he didn't stop the game. Otherwise I think he should have stopped the game."Slot added: "The situation wasn’t difficult.