These Liverpool fans convinced Sadio Mane should’ve had a penalty after ‘grab’ as VAR ignored incident vs Newcastle

Some Liverpool fans are convinced that they should’ve been awarded a game-changing penalty in tonight’s Premier League tie against Newcastle, which ended as a goalless draw.

In the 80th minute of the encounter, a dangerous cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold forced a parry from Karl Darlow, with the Newcastle keeper’s efforts spilling right into the path of Sadio Mane.

Fabian Schar, that is superb!

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Just as it seemed like Mane would surely poke the ball into the net, the ball struck the superstar’s knee and bundled up, the forward attempted to get a second chance but was left stuck in traffic.

Before Fabian Schar’s heroics that cleared the ball off the goal-line, the footage shows that Darlow – whether intentionally or not – had a hold of Mane’s knee – thus slowing him from thrusting forward.

VAR seemingly didn’t even review the incident, though Liverpool may only have themselves to blame here unfortunately as Mane never went to ground and no Reds players appealed for a penalty.