Liverpool Beat Crystal Palace On VERY Soft Christian Benteke Penalty
By Ty Duffy
Prem: Benteke gets the penalty https://t.co/8o2Q9p8qZc
— The Beautiful Game (@Footy_Updatez) March 6, 2016
Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-1, after this penalty on Christian Benteke in the 94th minute. It was a bit controversial.
Palace’s Damien Delaney pulled out of a tackle. His knee perhaps made contact with a trailing Benteke leg. Not clear there was quite enough contact for Benteke to cry out in pain and go down like a ton of bricks.
Benteke did not offer the most rousing defense in a post-match interview.
Benteke on pen: "I think he touched me, otherwise I wouldn't have gone down."
— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) March 6, 2016
Final interpretation? Probably depends who you were rooting for.