Jota was carried off the field.

Matt Perry judged that this should be a sprain, which would not hurt the bones, nor would it cause too much damage to the ligaments, so it would not be particularly serious.

This was the only thing that made Wei Le happy.

Jota was directly sent to the ambulance on standby on the sidelines and sent to the nearest hospital for preliminary examination. Then he was sent back to Wolverhampton for a scan.

But the sudden injury also broke the joy of some of the Wolves players' goals.

The substitute winger Trossard was ready. After Jota was carried off the field, Trossard ran onto the field himself according to the principle of first off and then on.

Jota's treatment took less than ten minutes. Liverpool players were a little dissatisfied, but Jota was indeed injured, and they had no reason to complain.

Should they complain because the Wolves team doctor spent a long time on the field to treat him?

It can't be like this.

After the score reached 2-1, the Wolves players performed relatively averagely, and the midfielders did not seem to be in particularly good condition. Wei Le therefore used the second substitution quota, sending De Paul up and pulling Van der Beck down.

Now it is the 75th minute, and the two sides are mainly competing for the ball near the midfield, and basically cannot play any effective offense. For Wei Le, the score of 2-1 is actually not unacceptable.

Liverpool has never given up the game. Although Mane and Salah's physical condition has been greatly reduced, Klopp still insists on keeping them on the court.

What if it works?

Time passed by, and it seemed that the Wolves' victory was coming.

82 minutes.

Salah received the ball on the right side and broke into the penalty area.

Wei Le couldn't see what happened clearly in his position, but he only saw Salah flying up in the penalty area and falling to the ground!

No way!!!

Wei Le's heart tightened, and he quickly cast his eyes to the fourth official beside him, who showed a helpless smile. The referee Craig Pawson firmly pointed one hand to the center of the penalty area!

There is no suspense anymore, it's a penalty!

"Penalty! It's a penalty! Salah was knocked down by Tierney in the penalty area!" Zhan Jun exclaimed, "Who could have thought of this script!"

The referee determined that it was a penalty, and the assistant referee had no objection. And the Wolves players surrounded him!

"No! That's impossible, he stretched his leg out! It wasn't me!" Tierney defended innocently, "I really didn't mean to do it!"

"It was obviously a dive!"

Captain Ruben Dias was relatively calm at this time. He walked forward seriously and said after careful consideration, "I'm not questioning your judgment, but I'm closer than you and the angle is different. I have a different opinion from you."

"Well, you have a point, but I firmly believe that I see it very clearly." Craig Pawson dispersed Tierney who was still chattering, and saw Ruben Dias as the captain, came up and turned his head to explain.

"There was indeed physical contact on that ball, and objectively Salah was tripped by Tierney. This was not an intentional foul, so he didn't get a card, but there was no problem with this ball being a penalty."

Ruben Dias was relatively calm and spoke more logically. As the captain, he had the right to negotiate with the referee about the penalty.

Therefore, Craig Pawson was willing to explain.

At least from his point of view as the referee, there is nothing wrong with this.

"Damn it." Wei Le paced back and forth, turned his head to argue with the fourth official, but then gritted his teeth, turned around, and said nothing.

"I will write everything that happened in the match report." This is the fourth official's answer to all Wei Le's questions. Wei Le knows that the referee's decision will probably not be affected.

The fourth official has no power to interfere in the game, and once the referee's decision is made, it will not be easily modified under the current rules system. There is no factor that will override the referee's first decision.

This is all to "protect the authority of the referee", but Wei Le does not comment on this authority that may be based on potential errors.

Wei Le suddenly thought of the new technology that appeared in the semi-final of the Club World Cup at the end of December 2016, when Kashima Antlers defeated Nacional 3:0.

Video Assistant Referee, also known as VAR.

In this game, the referee awarded a penalty based on VAR, which was the first time that the VAR system was used in a FIFA-approved match. This surprised Wei Le very much, because it was the first time that the referee's decision was corrected by another power.

This is very likely to change the future of football.

However, the use of this technology is still limited to a small range.. Only some regional leagues and cup competitions have been tried, and the Premier League, as one of the most watched football leagues in the world, is naturally more conservative in the use of new technologies.

A technology or new rules will not be used in the five major leagues until everything is adapted and there are no major problems.

That may be a year or two later.

Wei Le knows that the use of a new technology will definitely bring greater controversy, but he sincerely hopes that VAR can come as soon as possible - at least if there is VAR in this game, he still has hope of changing the judgment.

Wei Le smiled bitterly. Now he can only accept this result and hope that Martin can play a role.

But Salah kicked the ball to the left, but Martinez rushed to the right.

2-2!

The ball still went in!

Penalty kick, Wolves were tied!

The singing that resounded throughout the Anfield stadium represented the attitude of the fans and the mood of the Liverpool players. This lost and regained sense of security boosted their morale.

After the penalty wasted more time, the game entered the injury time soon after the penalty. Wei Le reluctantly replaced Dendoncker with Coady and stood in the defensive midfielder position to strengthen the defense.

A draw is acceptable as long as they don't lose the ball again.

Liverpool started to pass the ball directly in the backcourt, with the central defenders passing the ball to each other, and the Wolves players seemed like monkeys being "walked" in the circle training, running around in a mess.

Five minutes of injury time passed, and the ball flew in the air. Wei Le wanted to calm the players down at this time, but in the shouting of Liverpool fans and the away atmosphere, it was difficult for the Wolves players to control themselves.

They just wanted to kick the ball forward and kick it far, just in case they could score.

Wei Le was helpless. He could only stand there and stare at everything happening on the field without saying a word. Celars sat in the back with some worry.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the sixth minute of injury time, which seemed belated to Liverpool fans, huge cheers broke out at Anfield.

It was as if they had won a rare victory.

But the faces of the Wolves players were extremely ugly, and some exhausted players fell directly to the ground.

The game was over.

Draw.

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