FOOTBALL fans spotted Roy Hodgson spitting on the sidelines after a VAR decision went against Crystal Palace during their Premier League clash with Liverpool.
The Palace boss was left fuming after his team were denied a penalty in the 29th minute.
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was shown a yellow card after fouling Odsonne Edouard in the box.
However, Andy Madley’s decision to award the spot-kick was overturned after a VAR intervention.
Will Hughes was deemed to have fouled Wataru Endo in the build-up, so Liverpool were instead awarded a free kick and Van Dijk’s booking was overturned.
Hodgson was then spotted spitting next to the dugout in frustration.
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Some fans picked up on it, with one person tweeting: “Not sure what’s more shocking: the fact Andy Madley didn’t think that was a foul initially or the fact Roy Hodgson just SPAT on the floor in his technical area.”
While another wrote: “He just did WHAT in his technical area?”
However, VAR did come to the rescue for Palace during the second half.
Jean-Philippe Mateta went down following a challenge from Jarell Quansah in the Liverpool box, with Madley initially dismissing his concerns.
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But after taking another look, Madley reversed the call to give Palace the penalty and Mateta fired his team into a 1-0 lead.
Palace striker Jordan Ayew was then sent off after receiving two yellow cards and Liverpool went on to complete a comeback, winning 2-1 thanks to goals from Mo Salah and Harvey Elliott.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
