I'm not playing the blame game but I thought it was a strange decision to rest Firmino (Coutinho not 100% so fair enough). Form doesn't count in such an intense derby and the boost of 3 points and stealing a march on Chelski would have been massive. One change too many, Jürgen, I reckon.
As for the penalty, Lovren missed a header he probably couldn't reach because he'd lost awareness of Calvert Lewin's position and found himself under a ball he needed to clear. His recovery wasn't bad but before either he or C-L got to the ball the Everton lad bounces into Lovren, and falls over. He totally conned the ref, and Dejan could do nothing about it. The refs position gives him a perfectview of an apparent fall, a handthatmay or may not have made contact but certainly didn't push, and a wall of screaming Bitters in the Annie Road demanding the penno. When you see it from the refs position it looks bad, but the opposite camera angle shows he conned the ref. We needed our best attackers today, I'm letting Dejan off.
Lesson to be learned - make sure youre in a winning position (clearly) before subbing your best attacker, or bring on someone eqally dangerous to replace him (ie not when its too late).
Haven't we had this lesson before, sir?
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