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Gary Lineker has suggested Liverpool could easily have been awarded a penalty kick during the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United this weekend when the scoreline was still 0-0.

As Luis Diaz tried to beat Kieran Trippier inside the penalty area, the ball flicked onto the hand of the former England right-back.

We have seen those entirely accidental handballs, but when I saw the replay, I thought, 'Oh, they might'."

Liverpool did not deserve to win the game against Newcastle and Arne Slot and his players were magnanimous in defeat.

Federico Chiesa's late goal proved only to be a consolation.

Slot refuted the suggestion that Newcastle wanted it more having gone 70 years without winning a trophy.

Kieran Trippier appears to handle the ball during Liverpool's Carabao Cup final against Newcastle.

But it was a game that went the way they wanted it to go.

"And they got just before half-time some extra energy with the goal, which they probably deserved after the first 45 minutes because they were threatening us more than we were threatening them.

"I don’t think there was more hunger for them

The game went the way they wanted it to go and they are stronger in that part of football than us and that’s why they beat us."

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