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Mark Wyatt

Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker agree on controversial Liverpool penalty decision v Crystal Palace

Both Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer have condemned Kevin Freind's decision to award Liverpool a penalty during their 3-1 win against Crystal Palace on Sunday.

The two pundits and former strikers both agreed that referee Kevin Friend got the incident wrong, which saw Reds forward Diogo Jota go down in the box after crashing into Palace keeper Vicente Guaita.

On first look, Friend saw nothing wrong with the challenge and left it unpunished, only for VAR to step in and recommend he check the pitchside monitors.

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