Crystal Palace boss Vieira slams ref for ‘bad game’ and hints at big-team bias

PATRICK VIEIRA was left fuming {that a} ‘big mistake’ from referee Kevin Pal scuppered any probabilities of a Crystal Palace fightback in opposition to Liverpool.

Liverpool ran out 3-1 winners at Selhurst Park, however had been below the cosh within the second half till Diogo Jota went down within the field within the closing levels.

Referee Pal initially waved play on however was suggested to examine the VAR monitor by Craig Pawson after a prolonged delay.

Jota appeared to run into Crystal Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita after shedding possession of the ball, however Pal noticed sufficient to overturn his unique ruling and award a penalty.

Fabinho duly transformed, and talking after the sport Vieira blasted the choice as a ‘big mistake’ after it killed any hope of an equaliser.

The previous Arsenal man advised Sky Sports: “It’s a big mistake by the referee and that took away the hope to comeback. After all it had a large impression.

“The referees right now didn’t have a very good recreation in any respect. It occurs too typically at dwelling, particularly after we play these huge groups.”

He additionally fumed to the BBC: “The fallacious choice by the referee had a large impression on the sport. You must ask the referee to speak to you and clarify the choice himself.

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“I feel [Diogo] Jota was actually sensible. Soccer is all about contact. We’ve conferences with the referees they usually inform us soccer is about contact and that contact is a part of the sport.

“And now they’ve received it fallacious. I’m actually pissed off by the choice. I’ve seen it many instances, it’s by no means a penalty.

“Once we scored, the sport was there for us to go and try to get that draw. However the referee killed our legs right now.”

Social media customers too have been left baffled by the choice, as Gary Lineker led the protests on Twitter.

The previous England striker reacted by saying: “That Is Not A Penalty. By no means in 1,000,000 years,” and adopted it up by writing: “That may be a genuinely appalling choice.”

“That may be a genuinely appalling choice.”

Gary Lineker

And he was backed up by a number of others, who felt Crystal Palace had been left very onerous carried out by.

One questioned: “How was {that a} penalty? Jota bumped into the objective keeper and it’s a penalty?”

In the meantime one other seethed: “By no means a penalty, Jota initiated the contact.”

The win sees Liverpool shut the hole to Manchester Metropolis on the prime of the desk to 9 factors, with the Reds additionally having a recreation in hand on their title rivals.

Pep Guardiola’s facet have been held to a 1-1 draw by Southampton yesterday, retaining Liverpool’s faint hopes of a title problem alive.

Crystal Palace in the meantime keep in thirteenth after the defeat, having missed the chance to interrupt into the highest ten with a win.

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