Liverpool sent new referee verdict on controversial Man Utd goal after Gary Neville remark

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Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister was left in a heap on the floor when Manchester United broke the deadlock at Anfield, with the referee controversially allowing the goal to standDermot Gallagher has backed Michael Oliver's decision to allow play to continue in the build-up to Manchester United's opening goal against Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday evening. No, because it's Van Dijk who comes in behind Mac Allister.

But, again, we could have done better, so that's not the reason why we lost this game today - the reason is because we missed far too many chances to win a game of football."Slot continued: "Again, I've said it here many times and I'm hoping that I'm not just saying it to you but everybody understands this a bit better, we are not a team - which I see a lot in football - that goes to the floor pretending it's a head injury so they kill the counter-attack."That's not who we are. So if a player of us is then on the floor you would hope everybody would say, 'It's Liverpool, they don't do these kind of things, so let's blow a whistle.'"But, again, that's not an excuse for us conceding the goal and that's not an excuse for us losing this game of football."Gary Neville laid the fault at Van Dijk's door, insisting the Liverpool skipper ought to have been better positioned to stop the attack.

Amad and Mbeumo connect, and there's something here that's really unusual."There's a challenge in midfield where Mac Allister goes down - watch Van Dijk, that's the thing that stuns me. The ex-Liverpool midfielder said: "From Man United's point of view, it's brilliant but I think Van Dijk makes a big mistake.