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Mohamed Salah Denied The Chance To Put Liverpool Ahead Against Inter Milan After The Referee Blows For Half-Time

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Updated 22:18 16 Feb 2022 GMTPublished 21:12 16 Feb 2022 GMT

Mohamed Salah Denied The Chance To Put Liverpool Ahead Against Inter Milan After The Referee Blows For Half-Time

Salah appeared to be through on goal.

Rory O'Callaghan

Rory O'Callaghan

Mohamed Salah was denied the chance to put Liverpool ahead against Inter Milan after referee Szymon Marciniak blew for half-time when the Egyptian appeared to be through on goal.

Liverpool were held to a goalless first half at the San Siro on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie against Inter.

Both sides had chances to score in the opening 45 minutes, with Sadio Mane going close for Liverpool and Hakan Calhanoglu hitting the bar for the Italian side.

In the closing moments of the half, Salah latched onto a ball in midfield and appeared to be clean through on goal.

But the counter-attack was brought to an abrupt halt when Marciniak blew for half-time with a few seconds of added time still to be played.

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Salah was visibly frustrated by the decision, with Liverpool fans on social media also voicing their frustration during the break.

“Terrible officiating I must say. Why blow for halftime when Salah was through on goal?,” wrote one fan.

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Another added: “Anyone else saw Salah on the ball and there was 8 seconds left but referee blew the whistle?”

“Thanks ref Salah was on his way,” added a third.

Liverpool would go on to win the match 2-0 thanks to late goals from Roberto Firmino and Salah, who shook hands with Marciniak at the final whistle.

It is not the first time Liverpool have been frustrated by the Polish referee.

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He took charge of their 1-0 Champions League defeat at Atletico Madrid back in 2020.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was upset with the official throughout the match and was shown a yellow card during the defeat.

Klopp later admitted: "I deserved it. I was just shouting in the direction, no bad words, I was not swearing.

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"I was just unhappy with the overall performance and in that moment it finally came out and the ref didn’t like it too much.”

Featured Image Credit: BT Sport

Topics: Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, Champions League, Inter Milan, Football

Rory O'Callaghan
Rory O'Callaghan

Rory O'Callaghan is Editorial Lead at SPORTbible. He has previously worked for Sky Sports News, MailOnline and Reach covering football, cricket, boxing and MMA. Tested daily as a Liverpool fan in a Manchester office.

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