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Welcome into latest edition of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Craig Burley. We'll kick things off in Italy, into Milan taking on a Salinas Liverpool.

No, that worked. I didn't know if I was going to be able to say that. I'm not sure.

Liverpool though didn't need the Egyptian captain as they would win by one goal to nil, but in somewhat controversial fashion,

they were ordered a penalty late on in this game where Verdes was a judge to have been found. The referee didn't give it initially, went over to the monitor, changed his mind, gave the pen, so the slide would convert it and Liverpool would win by one goal to nil. For more on this, let's welcome in, show we, a former internman. Juergen Klinsman joined us as does Jan Janager Fjortoff. All right, let's not mess around, Jirgen. Penalty or not? Well, you can give it, but very, very soft. Obviously, very, very soft penalty. I wouldn't have given it, but, yeah, he pulled him just for a split second, and there was enough then, but very soft decision.

Jan Oger Fiotsov?

Well, I will say you can give a penalty for stupidity from Bastoni.

Yes, very soft, but he gave VAR and a chance to give it.

My God, you've gone to two guys that would throw themselves to the ground for $10.

There's no diver here.

Ten dollars is generous.

All right, I can maybe give you a pass, Jan, but there's no way Juergen's going to pass on the...

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