BBC Pundits blast Liverpool's Mo Salah as he 'dives' to win penalty against Newcastle United
Mo Salah went down under a challenge early in the second half - and the TV pundits were n
Andrew MusgroveFootball Multimedia & Engagement Editor
Kevin Kilbane and Dion Dublin have blasted Liverpool's Mo Salah for diving in the game against Newcastle United - and subsequently wining a penalty.
With just a minute of the second half under-way, Salah raced into the United box and fell to ground after Paul Dummett tugged at his shoulder.
Referee Graham Scott immediately pointed to the spot, and Salah got up to make the score 2-0.
But BBC Final Score pundits Kilbane and Dublin were left far from impressed by Salah's antics - claiming that the Egyptian 'dived' and 'conned' the referee.
Read the full transcript below.
Kevin Kilbane : We've become accustomed to saying when you're commentating - 'there's contact' but that's not enough to send him over; he's dived. He's felt the slightest of touches, and dived over.
Jason Mohammad : You'd don't fall like that, do you?
Dion Dublin : No, you don't. Arms in the air, and he falls to floor. It's so dramatic going to the ground for that little contact; it was half a second of contact, and that's it - Mo has gone down, and he's conned the referee unfortunately.
KK : He has. He's gone over after feeling the contact, and soon as players are feeling any sort of contact now they go to ground and win penalties. That's not enough, in my mind that is not enough for that to be a penalty.
DD : We often say 'don't give the referee a chance, so don't touch him' but how else are you supposed to win the ball? It's a contact sport! You've got to make contact at some stage - I don't think it's a foul, I really don't.
KK : We're making it easier [for players to dive] by giving that and that decision to give the penalty.
Paul Dummett