What Nicolas Jackson did to Mohamed Salah as Liverpool ace scores penalty vs Chelsea

As if things are not hard enough playing Liverpool at Anfield, conceding an early penalty makes things infinitely more difficult. That is what did in the Sunday afternoon clash.

, although for hauling down Diogo Jota on the halfway line. It was similar to the incident for which William Saliba was sent off for Arsenal against Bournemouth on Saturday night.

What saved was the fact the ball was spinning out to the wing, rather than straight through on goal. Levi Colwill then gave Mohamed Salah the slightest nudge in the box, with referee John Brooks deeming there being no reason to award a penalty.

Moments later, however, Colwill caught Curtis Jones as he tried to turn in the box and the referee immediately pointed to the spot.

Cody Gakpo took the ball, but it was all a ruse as he then handed it to the main man Salah. were doing all they could to delay the spot-kick, and took things into his own hands while goalkeeper Robert Sanchez came off his line to take as long as possible.

Chelsea striker went up to Salah in the box, while the Egyptian was waiting to take the spot-kick, and shouted something in his face. Brooks immediately brandished a yellow card.

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The tactic did not work, as Salah sent Sanchez the wrong way to open the scoring for the home side and make Chelsea's task that bit more difficult. A win for Liverpool would take them back to the top of the table, while a win for Chelsea would move them above Arsenal into third place.