KOCHA WA LIVERPOOL YUKO MIKONONI MWA SHERIA ZA FA, UNAJUA KWANINI? SOMA ALICHOKISEMA BAADA YA MCHEZO WAO NA MAN CITY

Rodgers wa pili kulia akiwaita waamuzi 'horrendous' katika mkutano wa waandishi wa habari baada ya mchezo

Meneja wa klabu ya Liverpool Brendan Rodgers huenda akakumbana na adhabu ya chama cha soka nchini England FA baada ya kuwabwatukia waamuzi wa mchezo waliopokea kichapo cha mabao 2-1 kutoka kwa Manchester City cha mabao 2-1 mchezo uliochezwa uwanja wa Etihad.

Rodgers alilalamikia kiwango cha uwamuzi cha waamuzi Lee Mason na wasaidizi wake John Brooks na Derek Eaton na kukiita kwa lugha ya kingereza kama 'horrendous' ( cha kutisha na kisichofaa) ambapo FA imeahidi kufuatilia maoni ya Rogers yenye maamuzi ya upendelea kwa umakini nan uzito unaostahili huku bosi huyo wa Liverpool akionekana kushangazwa na maamuzi ya uteuzi wa kocha kutoka Greater Manchester kuteuliwa kuchezesha pambano hilo katika dimba la Etihad.

Rodgers alikasirishwa na maamuzi ya 'offside' iliyofanywa na mchezaji wake Raheem Sterling pamoja na timu yake kunyimwa penati kufuatia mshambuliaji wake Luis Suarez kuvutwa na kudondoka chini katika dakika za kuelekea kumalizika kwa mchezo huo

Brendan Rodgers akionyesha hasira kwa waamuzi katika mchezo wa kichapo cha mabao 2-1 kutoka kwa Manchester City

Jordan Henderson (kulia) akipambana na mwamuzi Lee Mason (wapili kulia) ambaye alikuwa akimtuliza kwa kumwambia 'quiet'

Sura ya radi: Bosi wa Liverpool alihoji kwanini mwamuzi kutoka 'Greater Manchester' aliteuliwa na kwamba Liverpool ilikosa msaada kabisa kutoka kwa mwamuzi Mason

Kumbukumbu za mwamuzi Lee Mason zinaonyesha kuwa alisha chezesha michezo mingine ya City kama ifuatavyo

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Meneja wa Liverpool amekaririwa akisema 

'Nilikuwa najivunia vijana wangu ambao walikuwa wako vizuri, nadhani tulikosa msaada kabisa kutoka kwa waamuzi wa mchezo. Sijawahi kugombana na lakini leo walikuwa wanatisha katika kiwango chao cha uchezeshaji wao.

Hatukuwa na kitu kilichokuwa sawa kwa upande wetu kabisa .

'I thought that the linesman on the offside one - they weren't even on the same cut of grass, and if you're working at this level, you have to get that right. It's not even a difficult one, that.

'These are the things we work on and talk about, we are asking a young player to try and break their line. It was a perfect timed run and he's given offside when he's through one-on-one on goal.

'There was another incident in the second half when Luis Suarez didn't get a free kick on the edge of the penalty box when Joleon Lescott comes right through him.

'That was waved play on. It is arguable that there was a penalty at the end. Luis Suarez can't jump because he's tugging at his shirt. 

Read Brendan Rodgers' post-match press conference transcript in full

What were your thoughts on the game?
I was very proud of the players. I thought they were absolutely outstanding. They had no help whatsoever from the officials. I never go on about officials but I thought today they were horrendous, in terms of performance. 
We had nothing that went our way at all. I will focus on the players, they really took the game to a team that is a top, top side, full of top, European players.
As I said, we are disappointed not to have won the game, never mind losing the game. They showed great confidence and belief. We scored a wonderful goal and we could have had a few more. There are things to learn from the goals that we conceded which were disappointing.
What was it about the ref's performance that particularly annoyed you? Where do you want me to start?
I thought that we never got any of the decisions that went for us. I thought that the linesman on the offside one - they weren't even on the same cut of grass, and if you're working at this level, you have to get that right. It's not even a difficult one, that one.
These are the things we work on and talk about, we are asking a young player to try and break their line. It was a perfect timed run and he's given offside when he's through one-on-one on goal.
There was another incident in the second half when Luis didn't get a free kick on the edge of the penalty box when Joleon Lescott comes right through him.
That was waved play on. It is arguable that there was a penalty at the end. Luis Suarez can't jump because he's tugging at his shirt. I thought it was throughout the evening as well, so hopefully we don't have a Greater Manchester referee again for the Liverpool/Manchester City game.
Was Luis going down too easily?
Players go down differently. We haven't seen anything like that from Luis. They were clear free-kicks. It wasn't just that, it was other moments in the game.
How good was Liverpool's performance?
I was here when Bayern Munich came and they were outstanding that night. But apart from that, every other team that Manchester City have played here - and some really good sides as well - they have scored a hatful of goals. I think everyone walking away from this stadium would have felt that we at least deserved a point tonight. We are disappointed that we haven't won.
I thought we were excellent in our attitude, some of the quality of our movement was exceptional and for me, it is great to see because it is what we work on in the training field. We've lost the game but we take a great deal of encouragement from here.
Have Liverpool gained respect last few weeks?
I think people will go away and look at us as a team that is going to be u there challenging. Our objective is to set up camp in the top 4.
This is what the club has been striving for. We have shown consistently that we are in with a right good chance of doing that this season.
Performances like tonight and like at Tottenham show that we have the quality to do that. We didn't get the points but we will recover well now and get onto the next game.
What did you mean by a ref from Greater Manchester?
I was surprised that we are playing in Manchester and we have a referee from Greater Manchester.
I was surprised by that when I seen it, to be honest.
Is it not just because more local refs are appointed on Bank Holiday?
I'm not sure what it is. Swansea played Chelsea today and that is not exactly local.
Have you spoken to ref?
No, I haven't. I won't get the chance probably to see him. I didn't want it to cloud the performance of my players. I never speak to officials, I normally steer clear of that.
I really need to protect the players this evening because they were outstanding and they got nothing that went their way.
As I said, the level of our game was high, we had chances and we didn't take them. I thought that their performance wasn't so good; I'm just being open and honest.
Are you concerned by how bad the officials' calls were?
Listen, the officials make mistakes. I just felt that the mistakes made tonight shouldn't have happened at this level.
This is a big game. With Raheem Sterling through on goal, you are talking about three feet, it wasn't even the same cut of grass.
To get that wrong, that's a big decision. Where you are as a linesman, you can see the whole picture. You are seeing everything. It's a poor decision and of course, if Raheem goes through, then he scores.
Can you speak to the Premier League/PGMOL/Mike Riley etc? I think that I will get a call from an assessor and I will be asked my opinion on the performance.
Would you bring these things up? I would ask the question. I'm sure we won't get for Liverpool/Man City somebody from the Wirrel. I don't think we would get that.

Sterling (katikati) akikabiliana na Aleksandar Kolarov