Goal.com · Mar 31, 2018
Klopp: I thought Mane was going to be sent off!
The attacker was already on a yellow card when he deliberately handled the ball, yet he was given an unexpected reprieve by referee Neil Swarbrick
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he thought Sadio Mane was going to get his marching orders in his side’s 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The attacker was booked in the first half for diving and was then in the centre of a storm in the second when he handled the ball on the ground in an attempt to win a free kick.
Referee Neil Swarbrick awarded the set piece instead to Palace but chose not to show the Senegal international attacker a second yellow, despite penalising him for deliberate handball.