The former Liverpool midfielder clearly does not agree with the VAR decision.
“He makes no attempt to avoid the goalkeeper coming in, he could have damaged the goalkeeper big time there,” ex-Liverpool captain Graeme Souness said on Sky Sports about the moment when Timo Werner won a penalty against Sheffield United keeper Aaron Ramsdale.
“He’s run into him because he sees he has overhit it and he’s not getting the ball and he’s just touched. He could have really damaged the goalkeeper here. Fortunately for the goalkeeper it wasn’t the kneecap that caught him, it was his thigh.
“I don’t know what to say about penalties and referees anymore,” he added. “I hate using ‘the modern game’ it suggests we are playing a totally different game nowadays. I’l put it this way, that is the kind of play that has crept into our football.
“People will call it cute, simulation… he’s ran into him today. And the biggest problem I have with that is he made no attempt to avoid the goalkeeper, he ran into him and he could have badly damaged him.
“If he’d caught him with his knee [Ramsdale] would have been in hospital. Fortunately, he caught him with his thigh. You can call it cute, I see it as really dangerous play.”
The Blues were only awarded a penalty after a VAR check, but referee did not need to look at the episode’s relay for too long before agreeing with the decision.
Timo Werner himself has picked up an issue in this collision – fortunately, it does not appear to be too serious.
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