manager Andoni Iraola admits was extremely unfortunate to receive a straight red card in Saturday’s defeat atLiverpool.
The summer signing from Brighton made an eye-catching start to his Reds career in last week’s 1-1 draw at but his home debut turned sour this afternoon when he was given his marching orders for a challenge on Ryan Christie shortly before the hour mark.
Argentine winner Mac Allister was distraught as he was ordered to leave the pitch and he will now miss the upcoming games Newcastle, Aston Villa and Wolves.
Asked if Mac Allister deserved to be sent off after the game, Iraola said: ‘I don’t know. In real life it did not look like a red card.’
The Liverpool midfielder’s dismissal was not the only controversial moment in a game in which Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 after falling behind in the opening three minutes.
After Luis Diaz cancelled out Antoine Semenyo’s opener, the turning point of the contest came in the 27th minute when Dominik Szoboszlai was awarded a penalty having fallen dramatically under minute contact.
‘We started well. We had a goal disallowed, we scored, we had another chance and with some mistakes from their keeper and defenders we played high but from there they improved and they pushed us,’ added Iraola.
‘We take a lot of pride in the first half. We were doing pretty well and then the penalty came. It is soft.
‘There is contact but it is a soft, soft contact. It was not an easy game to referee. If there is contact normally they don’t ask for second opinions. It was quite clear.
‘I think we had quite a lot of chances. We scored one, had one disallowed and at the end we had three or four clear chances and should have scored.’
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