Shearer: The penalty for Liverpool was a ridiculous and stupid penalty, completely ignorant of the referee's thoughts

Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 3-1 away in the 23rd round of the Premier League, but a penalty given to Liverpool by the referee at the end of the game caused huge controversy after the game.

In the 86th minute of the match, Liverpool striker Jota physically collided with rival goalkeeper Guaita in the Crystal Palace penalty area, and referee Kevin Flanders reviewed the video to award Liverpool a penalty after listening to the advice of video assistant referee Craig Bawson. Fabinho then took a home penalty shot to help Liverpool seal the win.

Crystal Palace boss Vieira said after the game that she could not understand the referee's decision, and former Premier League goalscorer Alain Shearer was angry at the penalty, believing it was a "sad" one.

"When I was watching the livestream I thought it was a croquet. When the slow-motion replay appeared, I didn't change my opinion at all. Never before in my life have I ever seen why Kevin Flanders and Craig-Bauson could make such a ridiculous, wrong, pathetic, and stupid decision at the same time. Can you name me other words? Can you tell I'm angry? ”

"I have to say that our penalty standards this year and this season have been very bad, there have been a lot of bad penalties, and in fact VAR has made our referees worse."

"They're under so much pressure, back to my point, this kind of ball won't be awarded a penalty for a million years, how can two experienced, so-called experienced referees think it's a penalty?" I was confused. ”

Shearer said he couldn't believe Flanders had changed his mind after listening to Bauson's advice, thinking it was a penalty:

Video assistant referee Craig Bauson thought it was definitely a mistake by Kevin Flanders, really? Baoson said: 'No, I think you made a huge mistake. I suggest you go to the sidelines and watch the video replay before deciding on the penalty you're going to make.'" ”

"And then Flanders didn't have the courage to say, 'You know what, Craig?' Things are not like this, you are wrong. I'm happy with the penalty I originally gave, I'll stick to it, I'm not going to go back to the video because I think you're wrong'. He (Flanders) didn't think so, he felt he had made a mistake and should follow Craig's advice. This is rubbish, it's nonsense. ”

(Albanian)