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The forward netted twice to continue his fine scoring run for Jurgen Klopp’s side Substitute Mohamed Salah’s purple patch continued with two more goals as Liverpool ground out a controversial 3-0 win at Stoke. Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was lucky to stay on the pitch with the score at 1-0 after a wild hack at Mame Biram Diouf but referee Martin Atkinson infuriated Potters manager Mark Hughes and his players by only issuing a yellow card.
The official had already angered the hosts with Sadio Mane’s opener, with defenders arguing the ball had gone out of play in the build-up, but there was no doubt about Salah’s two late strikes which took him to 17 for the season.
Stoke manager Mark Hughes:
“That’s the key moment in the game from our point of view. I just don’t understand why the referee and the officials couldn’t see that for what it was – a clear goal-scoring opportunity. If the keeper doesn’t wipe Mame Diouf out it’s a tap-in into an empty net and, at that point, it’s 1-1 and game on. The one thing you want from the referees and officials is to get the key decisions, the match-defining decisions right. In my view, he didn’t unfortunately tonight.”
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp:
“If you think the single foul was a red card, I might have to see it again but I don’t think it was, but he’s not the last man. There were two covering players in our shirt. That’s the reason, that’s the rule.”
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