Football is such a low scoring sport that matches can turn in favour of one side in a heartbeat. Liverpool potentially saw this to their cost when they lost 4-1 at Manchester City last weekend.
Having taken the lead, the Reds had a good opportunity to double their advantage through a counter-attack. Unfortunately, Mohamed Salah was unable to square the ball to Diogo Jota thanks to some fine defensive covering from Jack Grealish. A minute later, City were level.
There was another pivotal period of similar length shortly afterwards. Having been booked for a foul on Jota, Rodri committed a near-identical offence against Cody Gakpo just 80 seconds later. Despite this, referee Simon Hooper opted not to dismiss City’s defensive midfielder when it looked inevitable that he would.
