Rodgers In Hot Water Over Referee Criticism
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LIVERPOOL
boss Brendan Rodgers may face FA action for criticising the officials in the
wake of the 2-1 defeat at Manchester
City on Boxing Day.
The Reds stunned the Etihad Stadium with a 24th-minute Philippe Coutinho
opener but by half-time, Vincent Kompany and Alvaro Negredo had struck to put
Manuel Pellegrini's hosts as winners.Liverpool were certainly unfortunate early on when Raheem Sterling
sprang the offside trap with ease only to be flagged, and Rodgers felt Liverpool had a decent penalty claim turned down in the
second period when Joleon Lescott tugged at Luis Suarez's shirt.
Following a defeat that left Liverpool in fourth, Rodgers said of referee
Lee Mason: "I was surprised we are playing in Manchester and have a referee from Greater
Manchester.
"I am sure we won't get (for) Liverpool-Man City
someone from the Wirral. I thought they were horrendous in terms of
performance. Hopefully we don't have another Greater Manchester referee again
on a Liverpool-Manchester game.
"The officials make mistakes, I just felt the mistakes made shouldn't
have happened at this level. This is a big game. It was a poor decision and of
course Raheem goes through and scores.
"I thought we never got any decision. The linesman on the offside one -
he wasn't even on the same cut of grass.
"If you're working at this level you have to get it right. It's not
even a difficult one. It is a perfectly-timed run and he is given offside when
he is through one-on-one on goal. These are big moments in big games.
"There is another incident when Luis (Suarez) doesn't get a free-kick
when Joleon Lescott went right through him. It is arguable it is a penalty at
the end. Luis Suarez can't jump because he (Lescott) is tugging at his
shirt."
Rodgers may now face an FA charge having appeared to breach the regulations
over media comments made by managers.
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