Liverpool agreement reached over 'scandalous' decision as Reds get massive stroke of luck

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"I don't understand why the VAR had to intervene when the referee saw it all, the obvious simulation throwing himself to the ground."Capello was backed up by former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, who said on BBC Radio 5 Live: "It is such a soft penalty. If you give a penalty like this, then every contact in the box is a penalty."Former referee Mark Clattenberg was similarly taken aback by the call.

We all agree, as football people, that this is not a penalty and now he is going to end up giving this as a penalty because of the shirt pull and the slow motion replays."The decision to award Liverpool a penalty was not short of controversy (Image: TNT SPORTS)Even Liverpool defender Andy Robertson acknowledged it was 'soft', alhough he believed a foul would be awarded elsewhere on the pitch.The Scotland international was also disappointed to see Ibrahima Konate's effort disallowed for handball in the first half."Huge result," he said after the full-time whistle. "We knew we were coming to a tough place, to a team that's in a good moment.

You have to stick to the decision."The penalty did look soft but that's given anywhere else on the pitch. We all needed it."We know the results and performances aren't good enough.