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Andoni Iraola says that he will tell his players to go down in future after Liverpool were denied a penalty in Sunday's defeat by Arsenal.
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Liverpool → publish → Arsenal
With Liverpool trailing 1-0 after Kai Havertz's opener, Alexander Isak's shirt was pulled by Jurrien Timber in the first half as he went for a header from Bradley Barcola's cross.
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he → trail → cross
However, the Liverpool striker stayed on his feet and referee Andy Madley did not point to the spot.
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Madley → stay → spot
Stuart Attwell, on video assistant referee (VAR) duty, determined that there was not enough in the tug for the decision to be overturned, but Iraola disagreed.
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Iraola → determine → tug
"There is a clear grab of the shirt," the Spaniard told Match of the Day.
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"Alex [Isak] was just in front of him, he was going to head in front of the goal but couldn't because he grabbed the shirt.
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he → go → shirt
"If he goes to the floor, they call the penalty 100%.
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they → go → penalty
Next time, the managers should tell Alex to go to the floor, otherwise they won't call it."
On what the answer is going forward, Iraola added: "The answer is you have to dive, if you don't dive they won't call it."
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Isak turned and spoke to Timber after the incident, but did not appeal to the referee after staying on his feet.
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Isak → turn → feet
Iraola told Sky Sports that going forward, managers should tell their players to go to the floor.
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managers → tell → floor
On if he will tell Isak that going forward, he added: "Yes, definitely."
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He elaborated in his news conference when asked by BBC Sport if he would have to tell his players to be more smart, going forward.
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"It's a shame you ask me this question, but honestly, yes, we have to tell them, go down, because they're not going to call it otherwise.
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And then referees complain why they go down.
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Because if you don't go down, you don't call it.
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Then it's like, no, you are all the time going down," said Iraola.
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"But I think Alex is honest.
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He tries to go for the ball, everyone can see live straight away that there is a clear, clear pull.
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The understanding is that because there was minimal contact and it was a slight tug on the shirt, rather than a sustained holding offence, the play was allowed to continue.
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play → be → offence
Iraola conceded in his news conference that "it is not going to change anything" if Pro Ref, the Premier League's refereeing body, was to offer an apology about the incident.
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Ref → concede → incident
Former Premier League assistant referee Darren Cann told BBC Sport: "Timber takes a huge risk by grabbing the shirt.
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Timber → tell → shirt
It could easily have been given on another day.
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It has to be sustained holding - some will say it was sustained, some will say it wasn't.
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But it's interesting that Isak didn't even appeal."
Liverpool also had another penalty appeal turned waved away when Cody Gakpo went down in the box under pressure from Christos Tzolis.
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Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy said the decision came at a pivotal point in the game.
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"I think Arsenal got lucky," he told Match of the Day.
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"If Isak maybe makes a bit more of it.
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I hate to see players exaggerate, but he's going to score.
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"I feel for the referee because it happened so quickly.
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I thought there was enough for VAR to have another look and give him another look.
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If he made more of it, maybe they would have given it on-field.
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Gary Neville agreed that, for a centre-forward, it was an unusual reaction from Isak, who failed to connect with the ball due to the pull.
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who → agree → pull
"The argument around Isak and whether he should have made more of it, it's unnatural not to make more of it," he said on Sky during commentary of the game.
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"When you get pulled and you're just about to score a goal, you normally complain like crazy.
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you → pull → goal
It'd a very odd reaction from Isak not to react.
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Asked if Isak should have reacted more, Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk said: "We have 50 cameras.
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Why does he have to complain when there are so many cameras.
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he → have → ?
Everyone has seen it.
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In the end it wasn't given and we lose the game unfortunately, so well done to Arsenal."
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