Kenny Dalglish refused to criticize referee Mike Jones for sending off two of his players in Liverpool’s heavy defeat to Tottenham.
Dalglish had met with referees’ chief Mike Riley last week to discuss his grievances with a number of decisions in the 1-0 defeat at Stoke.
He argued with Jones at half-time yesterday while the official’s decision to send off Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel helped swing the game in Tottenham’s favour.
Adam was sent off for two bookings – the second a studs-up tackle on Scott Parker – and Skrtel went in the second half with a second yellow for chopping Gareth Bale.
But Dalglish said: ‘It’s better to leave it. We will just stick to [talking about] what we can dictate.
‘We cannot dictate interpretation [of the rules]. It’s best left unsaid as it takes away from a magnificent performance by Tottenham.’
Luka Modric’s brilliant seventh-minute strike set Spurs on their way and from there they never looked back as Jermain Defoe’s drive and Emmanuel Adebayor’s brace sealed victory.
Modric was unhappy at not being able to move to Chelsea in a £40million move this summer but Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp said: ‘Luka is fine now, he’s just getting on with it.
‘The chairman will sit down with him and discuss his contract. That’s what I’d like to happen. It was a great strike yesterday. That’s why we were offered £40m, because he’s a top player.’
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