Arne Slot bemoaned the decision not to send off Lucas Bergvall on Wednesday night
Former Professional Game Match Officials Board chief Keith Hackett believes Liverpool have every right to be aggrieved after Stuart Attwell didn’t send Tottenham's Lucas Bergvall off during the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday evening. The already booked Bergvall avoided a second yellow card for a late tackle on Kostas Tsimikas as the Reds counter-attacked in the 84th minute. And Liverpool’s anger only increased when Bergvall scored the only goal of the game 120 seconds later.
The fact that Tottenham still had 11 players on the pitch was hard enough for Liverpool to swallow, but add the fact that the player who should have been sent off was the one who scored, and I can understand why the away side were so upset. “It was a clear reckless challenge and one that the referee, Stuart Attwell, had a clear view of.
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