Jamie Carragher had little time for Alexis Mac Allister’s ’embarrassing’ try to see Aston Villa rival Ezri Konsa handed his marching orders throughout Liverpool’s testy Premier League conflict on Friday night.
Chasing Villa’s 2-1 lead, Mac Allister tussled with Konsa off the ball, happening clutching his face after the defender had grabbed his shirt.
After VAR had checked for violent conduct and cleared the Villa star, Carragher had a brief shrift for the Argentina participant, accusing him of making an attempt to attract related fouls ‘each recreation’.
‘He does that each recreation. Embarrassing,’ Carragher stated on Sky Sports activities as Mac Allister writhed on the turf. ‘Get him up.
‘I would be embarrassed in the event that they despatched Konsa off for that.’
Liverpool’s night time went from dangerous to worse shortly after the incident, with the hosts scoring simply moments after to make it 3-1.
Alexis Mac Allister tussled with Ezri Konsa earlier than trying to get the defender despatched off
Mac Allister appeared to push Konsa first, earlier than the England star responded in type, finally clutching on the entrance of his rival’s face.
However with little drive, Mac Allister fell backwards to the turf, holding his nostril as if he had been struck.
Footage proven from the sidelines appeared to even present Mac Allister’s supervisor Arne Slot urging his participant to rise up.
Aston Villa had opened the scoring within the first-half through a sumptuously positioned strike from Ollie Watkins, however the guests to Villa Park stored hope alive lower than 10 minutes into the second-half because of a header from Virgil van Dijk.
However quickly after, Liverpool began to crumble, with Watkins occurring to seal a hat-trick, and John McGinn rating late on for Villa’s fourth.
