Liverpool brush aside Manchester City to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League

Former Premier League referee Jeff Winter was surprised Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Manchester City was one-sided as he had no complaints about Mohamed Salah’s penalty after Luis Diaz’s foul. The Reds overtook the reigning champions to move nine points clear at the top of the table. Premier League.

Referee Chris Kavanagh had few major decisions to make in Sunday’s clash after officiating and VAR has come under scrutiny in recent weeks.

The Reds face another big week, first traveling to St James’ Park to face Newcastle United before returning to Merseyside when they pass through Stanley Park, perhaps for the final time, during their visit. Everton.

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Winter admitted he thought match officials and Stockley Park verdicts would be at the forefront of conversations. But the former Premier League referee said the encounter was one-sided with the only key decision, when Diaz being brought down by goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, described as a good decision.

“It’s a game that I think we all thought we’d talk about thinking there would be a lot of incidents,” he said. Grosvenor Casino.

“But it was pretty quiet and sometimes when the top two teams meet or two of the top two teams meet, like I don’t think you can say Man City are one of the top two teams at the moment , they seem to cancel each other out but it was a fairly one-sided game.

“There was a penalty, and some might say there was no real contact with the Liverpool player, but the action of the goalkeeper flying away actually forced the player to Liverpool to take avoidance measures.

“He more or less jumped over the challenge, so the penalty awarded was correct in my opinion.”