Dominik Szoboszlai departs down the tunnel after his late red card against Manchester City
“Craig Pawson is the referee and he is rolling chewing gum around his mouth like a New York City cop who thinks he has the crime scene under control. Except, as he begins to try to explain away some of the grisly details, the gum rests awkwardly on his tongue and interferes with his speech. For anyone listening inside the stadium or at home on television, the audio is so bad that Pawson might as well be broadcasting his findings from underneath a fallen tree in a Siberian forest. This is not the drama it could be; say, if a voice boomed out like God across Anfield’s public address system, striking thunder onto the pitch. Instead, Pawson works backwards with the conviction of Inspector Jacques Clouseau. …”
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