Liverpool vs Man City

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Mike Dean to text referee Anthony Taylor as Liverpool vs Man City ... (Mirror.co.uk)

The Manchester-born referee disallowed a goal for Phil Foden at Anfield, and also sent off Reds manager Jurgen Klopp after he complained that Mo Salah had ...

This is Anfield." “I lost it in that moment, it’s not okay. "The referee came to the coaches and said play on, play on," Guardiola told Sky Sports "There were a million fouls. It was the same for both His approach to refereeing this high-pressure [Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) and [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) and it made for the physical battle we like to see in the Premier League.

Sadio Mane reacts to Liverpool vs Man City, sends message to ... (SPORTbible)

Jurgen Klopp's side produced a superb performance to edge out the Citizens at Anfield, with Mohamed Salah scoring the only goal of the game in the second half.

They go from 10th to eighth in the I couldn't watch because we were on the bus. [Phil Foden](www.sportbible.com/phil-foden) gave them what he thought was the lead. But the story of the 90 minutes was far greater than just the one goal, with both sides playing at a high intensity throughout. [Sadio Mane](www.sportbible.com/sadio-mane), with the Senegal winger having left [Klopp](www.sportbible.com/jurgen-klopp)'s side to sign for [Bayern Munich](www.sportbible.com/bayern-munich) in the summer. But the goal was ruled out by VAR due to a foul from [Erling Haaland](www.sportbible.com/erling-haaland) on [Fabinho](www.sportbible.com/fabinho).

Which games Jurgen Klopp will miss after red card in Liverpool win ... (Liverpool Echo)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was shown a red card by fourth official Andy Madley during the 1-0 victory over Manchester City at Anfield.

“And then I had the perfect view of the linesman (for the Salah incident), we were 1-0 up and you get a free-kick there or they counter-attack, and that’s pretty much a 100% difference. There was already that first moment where Pep and I were pretty animated for the same reason, we were not arguing with each other. I don’t think I was disrespectful to anybody but if you look at the pictures… I know myself, I am 55 and the way I look at that moment is already worth a red card. It is a foul on Fabinho. The German should then return to his usual position for Saturday's trip to Nottingham Forest.

Roy Keane slams Micah Richards praise of Liverpool FC star after ... (Manchester Evening News)

The pair clashed over James Milner after he was praised for his display in Manchester City's loss to Liverpool.

Richards doubled down on his praise, saying that his former teammate had succeeded in difficult circumstances: "He’s a central midfielder playing right-back against one of the most in-form players." In the Manchester derby he (Foden) was excellent, I thought he would run Milner ragged but Milner was brilliant. Milner played for City and was part of their 2012 and 2014 title wins, and former teammate Richards praised his performance. However, in typical fashion, Keane was sceptical, claiming that the veteran had not done anything spectacular. Milner, 36, was expected to endure a difficult afternoon, with the former City midfielder having struggled in previous outings for the Reds this season. It was far from the predicted result, with Milner having started for the Reds at right-back and Trent Alexander-Arnold starting the contest on the bench.

Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan pinpoint the moment Man City ... (Manchester Evening News)

Manchester City were beaten 1-0 by Liverpool FC in Sunday's fiery-tempered Premier League fixture at Anfield.

"So, it's been a great show for the fans and I hope they enjoyed it because they are both great teams.” [Gundogan](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/ilkay-gundogan) agreed, saying: "In the second half, a lot of stuff happened, we scored which got disallowed, we conceded a goal which we should not have conceded. I think we played the way you have to play at Anfield apart from the situations which I mentioned before but unfortunately, we didn’t get the result we wanted." I think we played quite well in the second half but unfortunately, we gave them easy opportunities, a couple of easy opportunities, especially Mo Salah, running behind, so we got punished. So, the feeling is frustration because we wanted to win the three points here at Anfield.” Both teams had chances to score, so the result could have gone to either of the sides.

Bernardo Silva moan forgets truth Mohamed Salah knows as ... (Liverpool.com)

Bernardo Silva had plenty to say after Mohamed Salah and Liverpool sunk Man City. But his cry for consistency would have some unintended consequences.

Ever since his record-breaking 32-goal debut season, barely a game goes by where he is not having to try and shake off a wrestling hold before he can turn on the ball. He is close to inadvertently hitting upon a fundamental issue with VAR, but ultimately his comments are just another moan. So if the ‘little contacts’ are brought in line with the VAR review standard, as indeed they should be, Liverpool will be laughing. The foul was subject to review purely and simply because it led to a Even Silva stopped short of trying to claim the decision was outright wrong when talking to Sky Sports, via the [ECHO](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bernardo-silva-aims-dig-referee-25277913), instead focusing on the consistency aspect. Manchester City kindly demonstrated exactly what happens when that kind of foul is not committed. Just because Taylor came down on the wrong side of this line multiple times during the match, the VAR could not then willfully make the wrong decision when reviewing the Manchester City goal. For the reasons the Portugal international highlights, this is neither fair nor consistent. Silva knows all about that, having literally dragged Salah to the ground using his entire body weight, right in front of the assistant referee. When you go through a path of not whistling little contacts throughout the whole game you need to keep those decisions and keep going that way. There is a consistency issue, and it’s more or less baked into the very concept of VAR. Liverpool had two strong cases for it to be disallowed; Anthony Taylor ignored both in real time, but reached the obvious decision upon a trip to the VAR monitor.