Southampton boss fumes at VAR and two crucial decisions that went in Liverpool's favour

Liverpool recorded a 3-2 triumph implicit Southampton astatine St Mary's acknowledgment to Mohamed Salah's precocious punishment astatine St Mary's and Saints brag Russell Martin was near disgruntled by the officials

Southampton brag Russell Martin was near infuriated by 2 important refereeing decisions during his side's decision to Liverpool.

Martin saw his broadside springiness up a 2-1 lead arsenic a Mo Salah brace handed Arne Slot his 10th Premier League victory, aft Dominik Szoboszlai's onslaught had been cancelled retired by goals from Adam Armstrong and Mateus Fernandes. The effect leaves Southampton bottommost of the array with lone a precocious punishment from Liverpool's prima Egyptian denying the southbound seashore broadside a constituent astatine St Mary's.

The 38-year-old manager pinpointed his broadside being denied a punishment erstwhile Caoimhin Kelleher collided with Armstrong arsenic a pivotal infinitesimal wherever the video adjunct referee should person intervened. Martin was besides near frustrated erstwhile offside was not awarded successful a signifier of play earlier Liverpool scored.

"Adam Armstrong not getting a punishment astatine 2-1 up, I person a large contented with that. After watching it backmost successful slo-motion, it’s what VAR is determination for," helium said. "Adam is trying to play the ball, the goalie tries to play the shot and misses it and collides with Adam – past it’s fixed arsenic a handball against Adam.

"So successful my sentiment it’s a penalty. It’s not the crushed we lose, but astatine 2-1 that’s a big, large moment.

“Then of people it’s subjective astir Yuki [Sagawara]’s handball [for Mo Salah ‘s punishment winner], I haven’t seen it backmost truthful I person to judge that. But I person a large occupation with that determination [against Armstrong].

“There’s a real, wide offside arsenic well. We inquire our guys to support a precocious enactment from a wide free-kick, possibly a infinitesimal and 50 seconds oregon immoderate earlier they score, but there’s 5 of their players offside and it doesn’t get given. So I’m annoyed astatine that, I americium annoyed astatine that.

“I’m arrogant of a batch of the performance, I’m annoyed astatine the goals we concede and I’m disappointed we don’t get thing from the game.”

Reds brag Arne Slot was besides near frustrated with the officials aft Southampton were awarded a punishment aft a foul that did not look to beryllium successful the box. "In wide sometimes you could person made a antithetic determination oregon not, but for maine with the offsides and deciding if a shot is wrong oregon outside, that is conscionable achromatic and white," helium said.

"It was a foul, that was clear, truthful if they saw it was wrong then, yes, it’s a penalty. Sometimes with a knock, yes oregon no, oregon reddish card, yes oregon no. There was besides an incidental successful the archetypal fractional wherever you could reason if it’s a reddish card, yes oregon no. Those things you tin argue, but offside and wrong oregon extracurricular the 18-yard container is thing you cannot argue."

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