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The English Football League (EFL) have explained why Liverpool were not awarded a penalty as they were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final.

Goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak earned Newcastle the win, while Federico Chiesa scored what proved to be a consolation goal in added time.



However, there was some controversy over whether Liverpool should have been given a penalty when the score was 0-0.

In Europe, I think it is probably given as a penalty."

Ex-Premier League referee Mike Dean, meanwhile, felt the decision was correct.

"We wanted to score, we wanted to perform and we wanted to win.

We worked consistently for two weeks on set plays just for this game and if you had seen us in practice you would have said we had no chance.

"We couldn't believe Dan Burn scored - he didn't train like that.
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