Alan Shearer gives blunt assessment of Liverpool star’s controversial moment against Newcastle.

The former Newcastle United striker has made no secret of his views on the Liverpool striker.Alan Shearer made no secret of his thoughts on Diogo Jota’s penalty during Liverpool’s win over Newcastle United. Jurgen Klopp’s men extended their lead at the top to three points with a 4-2 win at Anfield after goals from Mohamed Salah (x2), Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo beat Eddie Howe’s left flank. Liverpool were the better team with 34 shots on goal and 62% possession. Winning 3 out of 5 matches was another win.

Aleksandar Isak equalized for the visitors shortly after and Sven Botman raised some doubts, but the game was decided when Salah converted his 18th goal of the season after Jota was brought down by Martin Dubravka. However, the penalty kick incident was highly controversial. . .Jota, who returned to the side after a few weeks alongside substitute Alexis McAllister, scored after a superb strike that took a turn around the keeper but he fell to the ground, barely visible in the replay.

The contact, Anthony Taylor felt, was enough to warrant a penalty kick. Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright: “I’d rather take a free-kick than kick the ball into an empty net!” wrote. I saw everything!” X on, more than 8 million people watched it.Shearer has since made his own comments about the incident, with the former Newcastle striker unable to hide his loyalty as he used the word “shame on him”. Speaking about the situation after the game, the Newcastle goalkeeper said: “I was pulling on the hand and trying not to grab it. I felt contact, but I didn’t know what to do. “It was a penalty in the end, so there’s no need to argue with them.”

After all, Liverpool were still leading at the time and given the home side’s dominance, it had little impact on the overall result.What people will really notice is the quality of the ball as Mc Allister suddenly breaks away from several Newcastle players and fires a powerful low ball straight through the hearts of the last two defenders. road. A sharp pass came out less than 10 minutes into the return after about a month.