Dermot Gallagher believes Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty against Arsenal.
Jurgen Klopp was left confused by the decision not to award his side a spot-kick for a handball by Martin Odegaard
The Gunners secured top spot in the Premier League on Christmas Day with the draw
Klopp believes the Reds should have had a penalty in the 19th minute after Odegaard appeared to block Salah's path to the ball by handling in the 18-yard box.
Referee Chris Kavanagh allowed play to continue, and the game was not halted for a VAR check by the official.
Klopp joked in his post-match press conference that former referee Gallagher, who is a regular on the Sky Sports Ref Watch show on Monday mornings, would find a way to side with his colleagues’ decision
when asked his opinion on the decision, Gallagher claimed Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty.
Gallagher
“I do agree (that a penalty should have been awarded),”
“When I first saw it, I thought he was slipping. I can understand the referee on the pitch not giving it.
“The VAR felt that, with the subjective nature of handball, he thinks he is slipping and his arm is coming in.
"If you see that last picture, it looks as though he moves towards the ball, and I think the more acceptable decision would have been a penalty.
“I could hear them speaking. I heard him say back to Chris Kavanagh that, ‘he has slipped and his arm is coming in towards his body, and he is making himself smaller’.
“Whether he has felt that and he isn’t seeing it like we have or whether he hasn’t seen the angle like we have.
"But, without doubt, the last angle we see is the most damning one. You see his arm come in, and, without doubt, he plays the ball.”
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