Liverpool overcame reigning Portuguese champions Porto at Anfield on Tuesday night, securing a comfortable 2-0 victory thanks to first-half goals from Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino.
But just like Tottenham Hotspur versus Manchester City, the other Champions League tie on the night, the encounter wasn't without controversy as Liverpool forward Mo Salah escaped a certain red card after a horror challenge on Porto skipper Danilo Pereira went unpunished by officials.
Whilst VAR (and lack thereof) took centre stage at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium thanks to a controversial early penalty and elbow incident involving Fernandinho, it was found completely wanting at Anfield after Salah went into a reckless, dangerously high tackle on Danilo.
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The result - and Salah's escape from a red card that would rule him out of the second leg - put Liverpool firmly in control of the tie heading to Estádio do Dragão in just over a week's time.
"When you see that slowed down and see it from another angle closer up, it's a sending off," Souness said on Virgin Media One. "Watch where the ball is and watch where his foot goes. That is a sending off. And he could have missed the return leg."
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