The fact that Liverpool was about to win against Newcastle was not a surprise. But when Jojo Shelvey scored the opening goal of the match, everybody was shocked, as relegation strugglers took the lead at Enfield road. But, when the equalizer finally came, there were a bit of controversy. During the action which ended with Jota’s goal, Newcastle’s Isaac Hayden went down to the ground holding his head. Referee Mike Dean didn’t stopped the match, Liverpool players continued, even thou the player was lying in the goal area and the Portuguese eventually scored. Salah and Liverpool are unstoppable, Chelsea forgot how to defendWe’ll never know if Liverpool would still win the match, but the manner in which they were allowed to score is certainly up for the debate. And Newcastle boss Eddie Howe revealed that Dean didn’t stop the game as he thought it was a back problem. “The turning point of the game is an obvious one, I can’t understand how Mike’s not stopped the game. Isaac clearly holds his head immediately lying in our six-yard box with another player and that leads to the goal. At the time it was clear to me the game had to be stopped and it wasn’t. That is the key moment in the match. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The priority always has to be the safety of the player, we talk a lot at the moment about head injuries and I felt that was a wrong decision and we were harshly treated today. He was treated and taken off to the side of the pitch and still didn’t look 100 per cent himself. I think Dean said to me that Isaac had held his back. For me Isaac immediately held his head. He was dazed for four or five minutes after the game” Howe said.However, former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg, a famous Newcastle United supporter sided with his former colleague Dean. “There is nothing in the laws which says Mike Dean had to stop play because Isaac Hayden was down with a head injury. It is common practice that the referee will halt play for this sort of injury, though, so you can understand why Newcastle were aggrieved that play continued and Liverpool scored, especially as Diogo Jota was potentially kept onside by Hayden. Instead Dean let the attacking phase come to a completion and it resulted in a goal. Newcastle may be upset but the rules aren’t on their side. It’s up to the referee” said Clattenburg in his column in Daily Mail. More delays in the Premier League – United will not play Brighton this weekendTrent Alexander-Arnold scored a fantastic volley in the 87th minute to finish the game off, and he was obviously happy after the match, but rejected claims that they were ‘cheating’ for the equalizer. “When the game is going on like that in their box you’re not really looking round at who’s on the ground, who’s up, you can’t, you’re looking for your teammates trying to score. Your eyes aren’t focused on the ground but if it’s head injuries it’s up to the referee to stop it he didn’t and we played on until the whistle and scored and that’s all you can do. We haven’t cheated or done anything unsportsman-like, we’ve played to the whistle and scored from it” said Trent.
