Alan Shearer has said that Anthony Taylor "let so much go" during his refereeing performance for Manchester City's 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday Pep Guardiola's side lost their first game of the Premier League season after a second-half Mohamed Salah goal saw Liverpool claim all three points.
Ederson had spectacularly denied the Egyptian earlier in the game with a superb save during a one-on-one, yet there was nothing the City goalkeeper could do the second-time round as the forward calmly slotted the ball into the bottom corner in a carbon copy of his first chance.
Phil Foden thought he had scored his seventh league goal of the season to give the Blues the lead earlier in the match. However, a VAR intervention saw Taylor overturn his decision to initially allow the goal to stand, after Erling Haaland was deemed to have fouled Fabinho in the build-up. ALSO READ: Former referee gives verdict on Man City vs Liverpool FC controversial VAR decisions Shearer has now had his say on the referee's performance, as he questioned why City's goal was not allowed to stand after Taylor had ignored other potential fouls in a bid to let the game flow.
The former Newcastle man told Premier League Productions: “It was a cracking game: two teams going toe-to-toe, two really exceptional managers and then the crowd at Anfield, who made it even more special.