Mark Clattenburg disagrees with Liverpool's Arne Slot over Crystal Palace controversy

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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesLiverpool FCArne Slot felt as though Crystal Palace should not have been allowed to score against Liverpool after Freddie Woodman hurt himself, but Mark Clattenburg disagreed(Image: 2026 Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA)Mark Clattenburg said that the referee did nothing wrong in allowing Daniel Munoz to score for Crystal Palace against Liverpool on Saturday.Liverpool was leading the game 2-0 when Munoz scored controversially, taking advantage of an injury to Liverpool goalkeeper Freddie Woodman.Woodman had gone down clutching his knee in the seconds before the goal, and put his hand in the air to gesture that he needed treatment. Clattenburg, though, doesn't feel as though there was anything strictly wrong with what Munoz did.READ MORE: Alisson reaction to Freddie Woodman save from Anfield touchline sums up Liverpool goalkeeperREAD MORE: Steven Gerrard 'hurt' by Liverpool transfer failure after Arne Slot missed out on two 'bargains'“It’s certainly an interesting situation when Freddie Woodman comes out and gets injured while stopping a Crystal Palace player getting to the ball," Clattenburg told Rousing the Kop.“The ball, in a matter of seconds, falls to Daniel Munoz, who scored into an empty net.“There is nothing in the laws of the game for the play to be stopped, and if Crystal Palace did not have a promising attack, then I am sure Andy Madley would have stopped play for the goalkeeper to receive treatment.”Slot, though, did not share Clattenburg's view, saying that the game should have been stopped, and suggesting that he feels similar decisions have gone against his team in the past.Freddie Woodman stayed down as Crystal Palace scored against Liverpool(Image: Getty Images)“The way we conceded was not as expected,” the Dutchman told Sky Sports.

“Is there a game we've played where there isn't a talking point about a referee's decision?“The amount of times I've played a game when we've been in a promising position and a player is on the floor and the referee has blown his whistle, I cannot even count, and for simulation.“We've showed we are a fair team. We don't go to the floor if nothing is wrong.

Macca had five or six stitches afterwards.“I find it hard that referees don't go into the game knowing we are not a team that pretends we are injured. If we're on the floor something serious has happened.