Liverpool told major referee decision vs Brighton was wrong by ex

Craig Pawson showed a yellow card to Brighton's Diego Gomez for his high challenge on Florian Wirtz (Image: Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Brighton's Diego Gomez was incorrectly not shown a red card for his high challenge on Florian Wirtz, says former head of the PGMOL, Keith Hackett. The incident occurred shortly before half-time of Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Brighton on Saturday

Arne Slot 's side had established a one-goal lead through Hugo Ekitike with just 46 seconds on the clock. They spent the rest of the first half trying to bolster that advantage, and with minutes until the break Wirtz found himself in the thick of the action on the edge of the visitors' penalty area.

The £116m signing recovered the ball to keep Liverpool's attack alive but caught a stray boot to hi