The Reason Behind Pascal Gross Avoiding a Red Card Against Liverpool Revealed

The mystery surrounding Pascal Gross’s escape from a red card against Liverpool has been unraveled.

During Liverpool’s match against Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium, the Reds aimed to recover from their dramatic 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur the previous weekend. In the game, Jurgen Klopp’s side found themselves trailing 1-0 after Simon Adingra capitalized on a mistake by Alexis Mac Allister. However, Mohamed Salah’s two quick goals in the first half gave Liverpool a 2-1 lead.

The Reds’ pursuit of three points was thwarted when Lewis Dunk scored in the 78th minute, leveling the score at 2-2. In the first half, Liverpool was awarded a penalty after Pascal Gross obstructed Dominik Szoboszlai inside the 18-yard box. Surprisingly, Gross was not even shown a yellow card, leading to widespread speculation that he should have been sent off.

According to the Liverpool Echo, Gross was spared a red card because the officials believed that Szoboszlai did not have a clear goal-scoring opportunity and was moving away from the goal.

Speaking after the match, Liverpool’s manager Jurgen Klopp shared his thoughts on the incident, stating, “I don’t know – I really have no idea. I thought when the foul is in the penalty box, then it’s a yellow card. If it would have been outside, then a red. I don’t know – don’t talk to me about the rules. I take what I get.”

Klopp continued during his press conference, saying, “I saw it was a penalty and didn’t think about red, but I heard now it is about goalscoring opportunity. If it is a goalscoring opportunity, we can ask the question here: what do you think, was it a goalscoring opportunity? Hands up. I didn’t see it back… we have a few hands up, by the way! But what can I say about that? I am over it, I am too old for these kinds of things. We will not change it anymore.”