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Graeme Souness: Naby Keita tackle on Jesse Lingard a 'red card' and the Liverpool player was lucky to avoid an early bath and a subsequent suspension

Graeme Souness has said that Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita was fortunate not to be sent off in his side's 4-0 demolition of arch-rivals Manchester United.

Goals Luis Diaz, Mo Salah and Sadio Mane settled the encounter, with Ralf Rangnick's team looking bereft for much of the evening against an irresistible Liverpool side.

However, having been introduced late on for the superb Thiago Alcantara, Naby Keita went into a challenge with Jesse Lingard leaving the former England international writhing in pain.

Naby Keita appeared to stamp on Jesse Lingard when the ball had gone after a challenge

Replays showed Keita had stamped on the United player's calf and the Sky pundit was not impressed, saying the Guinean should have been given his marching orders by referee Martin Atkinson.