It is now known that the reason why Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate was not shown a red card during the Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain has been disclosed.
For the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 match against Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool travelled to the Parc de Princes on Wednesday evening. The match was the first leg of the pairing.
During the early stages of the match, Liverpool star Konate caused a stir by making a last-ditch challenge, which many people believe ought to have resulted in him being shown a red card.
Nevertheless, the true reason that the Frenchman continued to play on the pitch has been disclosed at this time.
In the early stages of the match, Liverpool was under a significant amount of pressure from the home team. At that time, a cross was delivered to PSG winger Bradley Barcola, who was located just outside the box and in a very dangerous position.
It was a challenge that some people believe should have resulted in Konate being dismissed from the game; however, fortunately for the Reds, Konate appeared to make a last-ditch tackle with his shoulder at the edge of the box.
On the other hand, following a two-minute check by the video assistant referee (VAR), the officials of the match made the decision not to dismiss the Frenchman. Their reasoning was that they did not consider it to be a completely obvious and obvious error.
Due to the fact that the video assistant referee was unable to recommend a yellow card and the incident was not deemed severe enough to warrant a straight red card, Konate was not cautioned for the tackle. However, the video assistant referee did consider the incident to be a game-changing offence.
The legendary player for Manchester United, Rio Ferdinand, made the statement while commenting on the match on TNT Sports. “That’s a foul,” he said.
“That is a foul to him because it is in his back. The card is a red one. I will be astonished if that does not result in a red card.
“And it will be a shame if it does go down to 10 against 11 in that sense, because you want the best players playing it equally in the 90 minutes.”
If Konate had been shown a red card or even a yellow card during the match, then he would have been required to sit on the bench for the second leg of the Champions League match that was scheduled to take place at Anfield on Tuesday.
As a result of the outstanding performance of custodian Alisson Becker, Liverpool will be able to come away with a smash and grab result, which will allow them to head into the home leg of the match with a 1-0 advantage.
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