GARY NEVILLE appeared to question Aaron Ramsdale after the Arsenal goalkeeper was tended to by physios at Liverpool.
The Gunners stopper went down just before the 20 minute mark after Andy Robertson missed a glorious chance for the hosts.
Physios were called onto the field to tend to the stricken stopper, while the rest of the Gunners team gathered in a huddle to get instructions from boss Mikel Arteta.
And Neville suggested all wasn’t as it seemed as the Arsenal players were quick to head over to Arteta, with Ramsdale eventually OK to continue.
Around 15 minutes later another Arsenal player also went down, with Neville saying it was “clever” if it was a tactic to kill the game.
Some football fans on social media also picked up on the Ramsdale injury.
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One Arsenal fan wrote on Twitter: “Customary Ramsdale ‘injury’ on 20 so the team can meet.”
Another said: “Ramsdale going down with an ‘eye injury’ straight after Liverpool’s first chance at goal. These are the kind of tactics Mourinho was famous for during his first title win. It’s all planned. It’s all on purpose.”
Fans of other clubs also picked up on it.
One said on Twitter: “I noticed this is one of Arsenal’s tactics, Ramsdale goes down like 20-25 mins into the 1st half so Arteta can have a team talk.”
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And another quipped: “Arteta uses a fake Ramsdale injury every game to give pep talks.”
In a pulsating first-half at Anfield, Gabriel Martinelli gave Arsenal the lead after just eight minutes before Gabriel Jesus made it two 20 minutes later.
Mohamed Salah pulled one back for the hosts just before the break, as tempers flared in a breathless 45 minutes of action.
And the action was even more frantic after the break as Salah missed a penalty before the Red eventually netted a last-gasp equaliser through Roberto Firmino in an end-to-end thriller.
And there was controversy off the pitch as Andy Robertson claimed he was ELBOWED by linesman Constantine Hatzidakis.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
