Marco Silva issues angry response to question over potential Fulham red cards | OneFootball

Cottagers continue brilliant season with 2-2 draw at Liverpool

Fulham manager Marco Silva issued an angry response to a question about potential red cards during his side’s draw with Liverpool.

Honours were even at Anfield following an enthralling 2-2 draw in which the Cottagers twice took the lead against the Premier League leaders.

Andreas Pereira gave the visitors the lead before Andy Robertson was sent off for a foul on Harry Wilson.

Cody Gakpo would respond for the hosts but Rodrigo Muniz resorted Fulham’s lead. Diogo Jota, however, would strike late for the Reds to secure a dramatic point on Merseyside.

There were a number of flashpoints throughout the game. Liverpool boss Arne Slot accepted Robertson’s dismissal but Sky Sports pundit and former Premier League referee Mike Dean claimed Pereria should have been sent off before scoring the first goal, for a foul on Ryan Gravenbench for which he was only booked.

Issa Diop was also booked for an early challenge on Robertson and the Premier League’s Match Centre confirmed the tackle had been looked at by VAR.

Andreas Pereira was booked for Fulham

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Put to him that both players may have been fortunate, Silva said: “Do you think?

“And the fouls from Liverpool, they are not close to red cards, no?

"I didn't see these moments, but you have all of them. If I go inside, I can probably give you some more 50/50 decisions from the referee, but you have two [from Diop and Pereira]. If you go through the whole game, you are going to see 50/50s against them, for sure.

"I want to talk about the game, but if you are asking me about two 50/50 moments, we are going to be here all afternoon. It's better to talk about the game. It's tough to play at Anfield and I think our guys did really well.

"The first 20 minutes [was played] at a very good level, 11 versus 11. The red card [to Robertson] had an impact on the game and Liverpool with their quality and bravery reacted really strong.

"Liverpool can complain about the red card, since it's a foul [from Robertson], it should be a red card. I can complain about the first goal that they scored because the foul on Kenny [Tete]."

Fulham sit ninth in the Premier League table and will host Southampton on Sunday.