Sunday, April 03, 2011

Kenny Dalglish Confused By Penalty Decisions In West Brom Defeat

Kenny Dalglish was left frustrated by his Liverpool side's 2-1 defeat to West Brom after going down to two second half penalties.

Speaking after the game, the Scot called for better communication after being left confused as to why the penalties were awarded by the linesman.

“The only thing I would say about the penalty kicks is one was given by the referee and the other by the linesman,” Dalglish told Sky Sports.

“If they just tell us when the linesman takes over the authority from the referee, then I think we will understand it better.

“We had the benefit two weeks ago against Sunderland I don't know why. And two weeks later I still don't know why.

“The linesman is there to be of assistance to the referee. It's important for them to tell us when the linesman has overruled the referee. The referee was only 10 yards away. Communication is always good.”

Dalglish was disappointed his side came away with no points after the awarding of two controversial penalties.

“We are always frustrated when we have nothing to show from our work," he added.

“They took the lead and when they got themselves back in front with two penalty kicks and you can argue whether they are penalty kicks or they weren't but sometimes it's not clear sometimes why it was a penalty and sometimes why the linesman flags for it.”

Liverpool was hampered by the news that Steven Gerrard picked up an injury the day before the game along with news that Daniel Agger and Glen Johnson are also struggling with knocks.

“We lost Steven [Gerrard] on Friday in training. It was innocuous, as were the two injuries today," he said.

“Steven was training to be ready for today and innocuously felt a sharp pain turning for the ball. It's the same area [groin] but not the same thing.

“We will get him and the other boys assessed later in next week – then we will know more.

“Daniel [Agger] has damaged a tendon behind his knee, Glen [Johnson] has damaged a muscle.”

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