The team won, but Wataru Endo cannot come to his senses.
Liverpool won 3-0 against Brentford in the 12th round of the English Premier League (EPL) held at Anfield in Liverpool, England on the 12th (Korean time). Everyone laughed during this game, but Endo couldn't.
While playing the full 90 minutes, Endo lost the most balls in the team (2 times), allowed the most dribbles in the team (2 times), committed the most fouls (4 times) among both teams, and lost the most ball duels (4 times) among both teams. Episode 9) was the worst and ranked last with a rating of 6.7.
Endo almost got sent off in this game as well. In the 9th minute of the second half, he kept touching the ball for a long time and the ball bounced far away, and he made a strong tackle to Nörgaard to compete for the ball. There was a VAR check and it was a dangerous tackle, but he narrowly avoided being sent off by folding his feet.
British media outlet The Athletic reported on the 13th (Korean time): “Thomas Frank said Endo's challenge on Christian Nörgaard should have received a red card under today's rules of the game, but generally this type of tackle should not lead to a sending off. “I said no,” the report said.
Frank compared the issue to the recent exits of Marcus Rashford and Curtis Jones. The Brentford manager said: "There would have been far fewer red cards in the past. In the past, this was a situation where you should never have received a red card. In the football we play now, referees miss yellow cards and fouls." revealed.
He added: "I think VAR has come in and things have 오피가이드 changed. But even with VAR, I think it's wrong (in general) and I don't think it should be a red card."
“But in the slow footage we got today, where you can clearly read more see the foot on the leg and the four bloody marks on Christian’s leg, it’s clear there was contact and significant force was applied,” Frank said in closing.
This game was not the only controversy surrounding Endo's sending off. He also received a yellow card in the Europa League match against Toulouse on the 10th (Korean time) when he completely stepped on Darlinga's ankle in the 33rd minute of the first half. In the 40th minute of the first half, Endo again made a reckless challenge to Caceres and could have been sent off due to accumulated warnings, but the referee did not give him a card.
Joe Cole, who saw the scene, told TNT Sports, “Endo should have been sent off.” “I think it would be really shocking if Endo got sent off in the second half,” Finnis-Brown said. “If so, it will be a real test of whether he can maintain his discipline.”
He continued: “I saw Rashford sent off last night for something very similar to blocking the ball. It's a yellow card. He should have been sent off already. He has to leave the stadium. “It’s a cynical foul,” he added.
Following the previous game against Toulouse, Endo is receiving a chance to appear as a starter in this game against Brentford. But if he continues to show like this, there will be no place for him at Liverpool.