Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola was left fuming after seeing his side’s penalty appeals waved away midway through the first half as striker Alexander Isak saw his shirt pulled by Jurriën Timber in Sunday’s 1–0 defeat to Arsenal.

Shortly after Kai Havertz had tapped his side into a 16th-minute lead , Isak’s attempts to equalize were clearly disrupted by a tug on his jersey from Arsenal defender Timber, with replays capturing his desperate attempts to stop the Sweden international from jumping up for a header.

His efforts were successful as Isak’s leap into the sky fell short of the ball, and that was that. No foul was given and a VAR check of the incident did not lead to a review, leaving Iraola to speculate that Isak had been punished simply for not throwing himself to the ground.

“The Alex Isak one is a clear penalty,” Iraola seethed to Sky Sports. “You hold the t-shirt; we can all see that he holds the t-shirt. The ball just goes one centimeter in front of Alex.…