Liverpools McAllister Red Card overturned by FA
Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister has had his red card against Bournemouth overturned by the FA1. The red card was shown to him by the referee Thomas Bramall for a 58th-minute foul on Ryan Christie during Liverpool’s match against Bournemouth last Saturday1. Liverpool appealed against the sending off and an independent Regulatory Commission removed Alexis Mac Allister’s three-match suspension following a claim of wrongful dismissal1.
Jürgen Klopp on it
Klopp believes Alexis Mac Allister’s red card should be rescinded, arguing his side had been “punished enough” by the dismissal. “It’s harsh, this shouldn’t have been a red card,” said Klopp. “It’s a mistake and the punishment of playing 40 minutes with 10 men is already punishment enough. We have to talk to the authorities. “There was contact but there is contact in a game all the time. If he gives a yellow card nobody would say, ‘by the way you need to have another look at that’. “The amount of times I’ve already been asked about it shows it is worth discussing again, which we will probably do. “I asked Macca and he said ‘he touched him, but not really’. If we have a list of points of what you need to give a red card, besides contact there’s no other box ticked.”1
