TV only showed once and you could see it was a bad challenge from that one viewing before all the reaction of Elliott, Salah and the medical team. Shocking from the ref to let play go on, I don't even think he was giving a foul or indicating advantage or anything.
In the wider context I am happy that we aren't penalising players for the slightest contact as was the case last year, but some of the challenges that players have been getting away with in the first few weeks of the season are outrageous and as Klopp said at the start of the season that has gone too far. You can say that the player today was punished but allowing as intense contact on players as we have been seeing this season go unpunished is going to lead to more injuries like Elliott's today
In the wider context I am happy that we aren't penalising players for the slightest contact as was the case last year, but some of the challenges that players have been getting away with in the first few weeks of the season are outrageous and as Klopp said at the start of the season that has gone too far. You can say that the player today was punished but allowing as intense contact on players as we have been seeing this season go unpunished is going to lead to more injuries like Elliott's today
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