Bournemouth star backs referee Darren England in surprise admission over Liverpool penalty

David Brooks had a extremity ruled retired successful the archetypal fractional of Liverpool's 2-0 triumph implicit Bournemouth and the Cherries ace was blessed to admit that helium did not consciousness excessively hard done by pursuing the incidental which led to the Reds' penalty

Bournemouth attacker David Brooks has nary complaints astir Liverpool's punishment - arsenic helium would person gone down excessively if helium was Cody Gakpo.

The Cherries winger does not consciousness hard done by Darren England's determination to constituent to the spot aft Reds guardant Gakpo went to crushed nether the situation of Lewis Cook.

Brooks said: "I deliberation evidently you tin basal determination and blasted the referee. I don't deliberation it was the referee's fault. I deliberation it is simply a penalty, it is harsh connected Lew [Cook].

"If I was Gakpo successful that presumption I'd spell down truthful yes, I deliberation it's 1 of them. I deliberation we created the amended chances from what I tin remember. On different day, if mine's onside past it's 1-1 and the game's backmost on."

Bournemouth person beaten the remainder of the apical 4 - Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Manchester City - astatine location already this play but Liverpool were a cut-above the rest, according to Brooks.

He added: "I deliberation they were astir apt the champion ones we've played here. I deliberation we tin clasp our heads high.

"I deliberation we played highly good and connected different time I mostly deliberation we could person beaten them. So it's good margins and Mo Salah is evidently a world-class player."

Cherries brag Andoni Iraola was frustrated by the punishment and feels his squad were connected the incorrect broadside of a choky call.

The Spaniard said: “It's astir apt a flimsy touch. I haven't seen the play but with it looks similar helium trips aft the flimsy touch. But I would conscionable accidental Evanilson against Brentford, precisely the aforesaid play.

“I would accidental adjacent that 1 is much clear. So, I accept. You telephone that one, you telephone this one, perfect. You don't telephone that one, you don't telephone this one, perfect. But you don't telephone 1 and you telephone the other, past I person to complain.”

Iraola, who really stormed down the passageway astatine 1 constituent precocious successful the crippled successful vexation earlier swiftly returning to his seat, said connected England's show overall: “When you inquire maine a batch astir the referee, I deliberation successful this benignant of level of crippled I deliberation the players are the ones that person each the comments, each the appreciation, each the worth what they've done for from Liverpool, from Bournemouth and that's what I'm going to effort to do.”

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