Despite the great game at Anfield, there were some mistakes that undoubtedly marked the match, and one of them was made by the refereeing, as central referee Chris Kavanagh was not able to call a penalty on England attacker Bukayo Saka.
While Saka was cautioned after the foul on Greece's Kostas Tsimikas, where the Greek would go off injured. So Saka's condition was already marked, but after this, Bukayo Saka also fouled Luis Diaz, who also ended up leaving the game injured.
This did not stop Kavanagh from cautioning Saka a second time. In the 87th minute Saka committed the worst foul of the match, as in a midfield challenge between Bukayo and Ryan Gravenberch, the Gunners' player left his foot too high and hit the Reds' Dutchman.
This was the second caution for sure, but referee Kavanagh did not appreciate it, who did not caution and let the Gunners attacker finish the game unjustly, who should have been cautioned for the foul or for the constancy of the fouls, as there were three in the whole game and two of them were cautionable.
After the end of the game, the Reds remain in second place tied with Aston Villa on 39 points, however the Reds suffered two injuries during this game from the same player, who was not suspended after committing three fouls where he deserved to be cautioned. It leaves Klopp with an even more limited squad to start the year with a large list of injured players.
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