ARSENAL star William Saliba went viral after admitting Liverpool deserved a penalty on Saturday.
The Gunners and the Reds drew 1-1 at Anfield in an intense Premier League encounter.
The North Londoners opened the scoring with Gabriel Magalhaes after just four minutes and the Merseysiders equalised with Mohamed Salah 25 minutes later.
But Liverpool felt they deserved the three points as they insist they were denied a clear penalty in the first half before Salah’s equaliser.
The Egypt international tried to dribble past Martin Odegaard, who lost his balance and touched the ball with his left hand inside the Arsenal area.
However, the referee waved play on and VAR didn’t get involved which angered the host.
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Saliba, who put together yet another man-of-the-match performance was asked about the incident involving Odegaard.
And the centre-back admitted outright that his Arsenal captain handled the ball and Liverpool should have been awarded a spot-kick.
Saliba said: “Yeah, of course it was a penalty but I’m not the ref.”
The France international’s comments went viral as that was a rare case of admission from an opposing player.
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Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher praised the 22-year-old’s honesty and slammed VAR.
Carragher tweeted: “It was a penalty & the man of the match knows it!
“Two blatant penalties for handball in the last two nights & VAR don’t get involved.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
