Jordan Ayew was shown a questionable red card as Mohamed Salah and Harvey Elliott completed a late comeback for Liverpool.
Roy Hodgson has hit out at the refereeing that took place in Crystal Palace’s 2-1 home loss against Liverpool in the Premier League. The Eagles gave Jürgen Klopp’s side a bloody nose as a Jean Philippe Mateta penalty gave the hosts a second-half lead.
Mateta was fouled by young defender – Jarell Quansah – in the 18-yard box and play was halted for referee, Andy Madley, to check the VAR monitor at the side of the pitch, and the official reversed his initial decision to wave play on and awarded Crystal Palace with the spot kick.
Alisson Becker, who was returning from injury, was unable to stop the French forward from sitting home and Liverpool looked to face an uphill battle to drag themselves above Arsenal to the top of the Premier League table.
The Reds were handed a lifeline as Jordan Ayew was shown a controversial second yellow card and sent off to hand Klopp’s team a man advantage. Mohamed Salah netted his 200th goal for Liverpool only one minute later to level the game up, with only one outcome looking likely in the final 15 minutes.
Indeed, Harvey Elliott stepped up for his side as the substitute cut inside from the left flank before unleashing a precise effort into the bottom corner of the Palace goal to seal the 2-1 win for the visiting team.
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