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Michael Owen was not proud of a choice in Liverpool vs Aston Villa conflict. (Photograph by David Rogers/Getty Pictures)
Former Liverpool star Michael Owen has admitted to being “astonished” by David Coote’s choice to not award Aston Villa a “blatant’ penalty of their 2-0 defeat to the Reds on Saturday.
Arne Slot’s males continued their spectacular begin to the 2024/25 marketing campaign because the three factors moved them 5 factors away from Man Metropolis after 11 video games, following the Premier League champions’ setback towards Brighton over the weekend.
Nevertheless, the end result at Anfield could have been totally different had Aston Villa defender Pau Torres been awarded a penalty within the second half.
The centre-back was seemingly dragged to the bottom by Conor Bradley contained in the field, moments earlier than Mohammed Salah went and doubled Liverpool’s benefit. The Villa squad weren’t proud of the choice and Michael Owen believes Unai Emery’s males have a case.
Talking post-match on Premier League Productions, Owen mentioned through The Mirror: “It’s a penalty, you possibly can’t do this. There’s only a blatant pull, Pau Torres is there on the entrance submit, will get dragged out of that space with a shirt pull.
“If the ball goes to the again submit and floats over everyone, then I feel turning a blind to that, didn’t have an effect on the play. That may be a blatant pull. I’m astonished, as soon as that went to VAR, astonished they didn’t give a penalty.
“I feel that’s a stonewall penalty, personally. I don’t suppose there’s any debate in that, he actually pulls him out. It doesn’t matter if he’s pulling him for one minute or one second, he drags him out of it.”
Ought to Pau Torres and Aston Villa have had a penalty vs Liverpool? (Photograph by Carl Recine/Getty Pictures)
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David Coote suspended following Liverpool vs Aston Villa conflict
Liverpool vs Aston Villa could also be David Coote’s final time officiating a Premier League match because the English referee has been suspended from his duties pending a full investigation after a video circulated on social media on Monday.
The footage confirmed the 42-year-old making disparaging remarks about Liverpool and their former supervisor Jürgen Klopp, which is presently being verified to see whether it is real.
In line with ESPN, there might be no additional replace from the PGMOL till the investigation has been accomplished, however Coote might be unavailable for choice as a referee or a VAR throughout this time because the soccer calendar enters a world break.
