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’.

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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