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John Aldridge

Diogo Jota didn't deserve a red card - I’d sooner have six stitches in my head than a broken leg

I could not believe some of the decisions made by Paul Tierney during Sunday's game between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

It is well known we have experienced problems in matches involving Tierney in the past, and it was no different at the weekend during our win against Spurs. The first contentious call was Oliver Skipp's wild challenge on Luis Diaz, which was remarkably not even given as a free kick. It was a terrible tackle and for VAR not to tell the referee it is a red card, that is astonishing.

Skipp was later involved in a second talking point after being caught on the head by the boot of Diogo Jota. It was a clumsy tackle from Jota but it came from Skipp bravely putting his head in that position, something a lot of players wouldn’t do in the modern game.

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