Part of the answer needs to be the referees. Cliff Byrne should have seen red for his elbow/forearm to Sturridge's head after the play was over. Lucky boy that the ref missed that one. Also, the build up to their 2nd goal started after a clear foul on Sturridge near the half way line when one of their defenders came through the back of Sturridge.
Go back to the Stoke game a few months ago when Huth stamped on Suarez's chest. Should have been off, but didn't even see yellow.
We clearly need some additional steel in midfield to help us keep from being bullied out of games, but some of the blame needs to be directed at the refs. Hate to blame the refs as we did not play particularly well, but there is no excuse for some of the missed calls yesterday....
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