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”Suarez Reputation Shouldn’t Matter” Rodgers Tells Refs.
- Updated: February 16, 2014
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says Luis Suarez’s reputation should not stop referee’s from deciding in his favour after referee Howard Webb waved refused to award the striker a second penalty in their 1-2 FA Cup fifth round tie to Arsenal on Sunday.
Rodgers, who expressed disatisfaction after the game said he did not confront the FIFA referee after the game, but noted that he would seek explanations from an assessor concerning the decision.
“He’s always asking questions of defenders, and quite a lot of the time he doesn’t get what he deserves,” Rodgers said about Suarez.
“And if it is a penalty he should have it, irrespective of what his reputation is.
“I thought that was quite an easy decision for the ref.
“Luis has a touch, gets around him and it looks a blatant penalty.
“For me, it’s gone. You can’t change it, you can’t affect it. I’ll speak to an assessor.
“It would be nice to know why it wasn’t given, because it can be a defining moment in the game.”
Steven Gerrard scored once from the spot after Luis Suarez had been brought down by Lukas Podolski, but appeals for a second penalty were waved away moments later.
Again it was Suarez who appeared to be tripped by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Rodgers said Suarez hardly gets referee’s decisions in his favour, sighing example of an incident against Chelsea, when Smuel Eto’o looked to have fouled the Liverpool striker.
“The one at Chelsea (when Samuel Eto’o fouled Suarez in December) was a clear penalty. He’s got a penalty but should’ve deservedly had two penalties today.
“I thought that was quite an easy decision for the ref.
“We’re bitterly disappointed to have not got that because then it just keeps our momentum going for the final stages of the game.”
Liverpool are four points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea and now have one target.
Rodgers added: “It narrows our focus now into one competition and we just continue with the confidence and the belief we’ve been playing with.
“We’re going to have a really exciting 12 games to finish.”
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