Ryan Mason was angry that Diogo Jota remained on the field after Liverpool won.
Liverpool's Diogo Jota scored the game-winning goal in a 4-3 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, but Spurs manager Ryan Mason was enraged that he had not been sent off for a challenge on Oliver Skipp.
Tottenham interim manager Ryan Mason was enraged when Diogo Jota was kept on the field to score Liverpool's thrilling 94th-minute winner in a seven-goal thriller at Anfield.
Richarlison believed he had earned a point for Spurs when he scored a minute earlier, but Jota grabbed upon a horrendous misjudged pass from Lucas Moura to put Liverpool back in front. It was the decisive final blow as Jurgen Klopp's team won 4-3, but Mason was enraged that Jota had not been sent off earlier in the game.
In the 81st minute, Spurs midfielder Oliver Skipp attempted to head the ball and Jota stepped in with a high boot. The forward's boot then struck Skipp in the side of the head, leaving the midfielder with a serious cut above his eye.
He was eventually replaced by Richarlison, and Jota received only a yellow card. Mason claimed after the game that Jota should have been sent off for the challenge, telling BBC Radio 5 Live: "Honestly, it's probably the clearest red card you'll see on a football pitch."
"I require an explanation. It put the opponent in danger, Skipp needed stitches, and Jota scored when he shouldn't have been on the field."
Mason went on to seek an explanation from PGMOL for why Jota was only given a yellow card in his post-match press conference. "I'd like an explanation why it wasn't a red card," he continued.
"It was an immediate red card." It checks all the boxes when you show studs, draw blood, and make a gash. Listen, the game has been decided because that player should not have been on the field."
Former Liverpool midfielders Jamie Redknapp and Graeme Souness agreed with Mason. "I suppose it's a red card, you're endangering an opponent, that's the letter of the law," Redknapp said, according to Sky Sports.
"To make matters worse, that man scores the game-winning goal." So you can understand his rage over that one. As you can see, it's a difficult task. He's not that type of player, and he has no intention of hurting anyone, but when you put your foot that high... you can see it's a severe gash as well. That's a red card in my book."
"That's a red card," Souness remarked. Jota isn't that type of player, but he's been knocked off for a split second and has gone for the ball with six points. He has to go for it."
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