Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Fabinho “cheated” to get Alexis Sanchez sent off on Tuesday night during Liverpool v Inter Milan clash in UEFA Champions league.
The Reds lost the return leg of their last 16 tie to the Nerazzurri after winning 2-0 in the first one in Milano.
And few minutes after Lautaro Martinez scored the opener for the away side at Anfield, Chilean midfielder Alexis Sanchez got sent off after a challenge on Fabinho.
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Bu for Wenger, the challenge was not as hard as Fabinho made it look like as Sanchez first touched the ball.
“Borderline between cheating and being clever,” the former Arsenal boss said in beINSPORTS studio.
“Fabinho, on this foul, was on the other side…he was cheating, he made more of it.”
“Maybe he had pain but…he was touched by Sanchez, it wasn’t completely fake. Maybe he could have got up quicker.
“It was one of those fouls, if it was your player you say ‘it’s clever,’ when you’re completely neutral you say ‘he could have made less out of it.’
“He touched him but he didn’t want to hurt him, he touched first the ball.”