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Kenny Dalglish believes the key decisions didn’t go in Liverpool’s favour on the night they lost 1-0 to Fulham at Craven Cottage and had Jay Spearing sent-off for a straight red card.

Clint Dempsey’s late strike brought an end to the Reds 11 game unbeaten run on a controversial night in London, which saw the Reds reduced to 10 men when Spearing was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Mousa Dembele.

Asked whether he felt the challenge from his midfielder warranted a straight red, Dalglish told his post-match press conference: “I think you need to ask them (referees) what their interpretation is. It’s frustrating because no one ever tells us what the interpretation is.

“Jay had no other thought in his mind but to win the ball, and he did win the ball. I’m not a referee so all you can say is sometimes they are given, sometimes they are not, but as long as they are consistent then it’s not a problem.

“We’ll have a look at it again and see if it’s worth appealing.”

The Reds also hit the woodwork twice through Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing, while Luis Suarez had a goal disallowed for off-side, when television replays suggested he wasn’t.

“I don’t think we were going to get anything tonight where we?” added Dalglish.

“Luis scored a goal which didn’t count that could have gone either way and Charlie Adam could have got a penalty when he got pulled down,

“They had a couple of good efforts and Pepe made some good saves and they also hit the bar, but I think overall we looked as though we were going to get something from the game – we certainly deserved to.

“We didn’t play as well as we have been playing but we still did enough to win the game. We have just got to brush ourselves down now, get on with it and get ourselves ready for QPR on Saturday.”

The manager was also asked how frustrating it was to see his side lose their unbeaten run.

He added: “We have done well and given a bit of luck tonight we could have had three points. We will just continue working hard and see where it takes us.”

Dalglish was also questioned about Luis Suarez who came in for some rough treatment on and off the field during the 90 minutes.

He added: “We will look after Luis as best we can and I think it’s about time he got a bit of protection from some people.”

With Lucas Leiva ruled out for the season through injury and Spearing now facing a ban, the boss was quizzed whether he had any news on captain Steven Gerrard’s likely return to action.

“He’s closer,” said the boss.

“We have never put any time on it and he will be right when he is right. Everything he has done has been very positive and we are delighted with the progress.”

Source : Liverpool FC

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