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Supporters were left bewildered after Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo avoided a red card for a challenge on Brentford’s Christian Norgaard.
Endo made the challenge during Liverpool’s 3-0 win at Anfield but avoided a yellow card following a VAR check.
The Liverpool player lunged in and caught Norgaard on the shin with his studs. The decision over the punishment was a difficult one to make given that both players were lunging in for the ball.
Many onlookers were adamant that the 30-year-old should have been dismissed for his actions.
Fans on social media were adamant that Liverpool’s Wataru Endo should have been sent off
Endo managed to escape a booking for his challenge on Brentford’s Christian Norgaard
One user wrote: ‘I don’t know how Endo escaped a red card there.’
Another individual expressed their disbelief at the lack of punishment given to Endo, writing: ‘Twice in a week Endo has committed red card challenges and got nothing’.
Another user suggested ‘the game’s gone’ after Endo wasn’t even booked.
They wrote: ‘If that Endo lunge on Norgaard isn’t even a yellow let alone a nailed on red then the game’s gone.’
Another user indicated that a red card would have been brandished if a Manchester United player had committed the challenge.
They wrote: ‘Not saying Endo’s challenge should have been a red, but I have no doubt it would have been, had he been a United player.’
Meanwhile, another user stated that it was clear that a red card should have been given.
They wrote: ‘Only people who have never kicked a ball in their lives would even consider that Endo challenge a red.’
Following a VAR check it was decided that Liverpool midfielder Endo shouldn’t be sent off
