Football contains many curiosities and unanswerable questions. Unfortunately for clubs and their fans, a great deal of them revolve around referees and their decisions.
Many pundits and supporters questioned why Diogo Jota was awarded a penalty in Liverpool’s recent win at Crystal Palace, while similar numbers failed to understand how Everton were not awarded one when Manchester City won 1-0 at Goodison Park last month. However, there’s one issue which has annoyed Jurgen Klopp and it regards the level of protection Mohamed Salah receives from match officials.
“There is a statistic, I am not exactly sure who had it, but the statistic is that Mo is the one player who is fouled the least compared to other strikers,” he said in a press conference ahead of Liverpool's 2-0 win at Arsenal. "It is absolutely crazy how low the number of fouls is against him when the referee doesn't whistle. So he has constant contact [from defenders] and is going down all the time, having to get up again, stuff like this," Klopp added.
