Nathan Ake explains why Man City goal at Liverpool FC should have stood

Nathan Ake felt referee Anthony Taylor judged Erling Haaland's pull on Fabinho differently to other incidents during Manchester City's defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.

The Blues thought they had taken the lead at Anfield when Phil Foden scored from close range early in the second half, but those celebrations were cut short when Taylor signalled a VAR review.

He studied footage of Haaland pulling Fabinho's shirt in midfield and overturned the decision to give the goal, infuriating Pep Guardiola and City's players.

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Taylor had been close to the incident and before and after the incident had let the game flow, with the second half, in particular, an enthralling contest.

But after being instructed to go to the monitor he changed his mind, while Ake also questioned whether reviews were going too far back in play, with the incident occurring around seven seconds before the goal was scored.

"For me it’s harsh, the whole game the referee has let the game go, a lot of little fouls and stuff he let it go, as soon as we score he doesn’t let it go, so it was a bit frustrating. I also don’t know much time there was in between, sometimes you go back too far, but this is football," said Ake.

Guardiola said after the game that the referee had told his assistant coaches he was going to let the game flow. Ake didn't hear the same message on the pitch but was pleased to see that approach adapted, although he lamented a lack of consistency.

"Not to me personally, but I think it’s good to let the game go, especially a game like this, I think it’s better than giving fouls every two seconds, but when we need to be consistent," he said.

Ake was relatively happy with