How on earth did Mignolet not see red for THAT foul?

THERE is no way I could let this week’s column pass without looking back to the 39th minute of our game with Liverpool on Wednesday. I was standing right next to Mame Biram Diouf when he was chopped down by Simon Mignolet and I’m still trying to work out how Martin Atkinson never sent him off. The decision he made was incredible and the talk of our Clayton Wood training ground on Thursday. It was a moment that could potentially have changed the game. Mame had gone around Mignolet (right) and was just going to tap into an empty net. If Mignolet had been in goal and a defender had made the same tackle, the defender would have been off. So how did Mignolet not see red? I don’t want to say it was the reason we lost the game, though. Liverpool are a very good side and were even better when Mohamed Salah came on. His first goal? That volley. I was right behind it when he hit it and it was in from the moment it left his foot. He is so calm and composed and you knew he was going to score the third goal. People talk about Liverpool not being solid but I thought the two central defenders, Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip, were really difficult to play against. I know they have come in for a lot of stick but they were really, really solid. LIverpool are going to be in the top four, fighting until the end of the season.