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Former Premier League referee Mike Dean has claimed that Southampton's first goal against Liverpool should not have stood — but not because there was a foul from Matheus Fernandes.

Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk were involved in a mix-up with the goalkeeper claiming he was fouled.

Darwin Nunez scored and then won a penalty before Mohamed Salah added a second spot kick to seal the points.

Southampton wasn't happy with the first Liverpool penalty that was awarded when Nunez was felled inside the box.

It was a soft foul but there was contact, and once the referee pointed to the spot, it was not a clear and obvious enough error for VAR to intervene.

"I think the [first] penalty was not a penalty and that changed the match," he told the BBC.

"I am satisfied with how we played today but this cannot be a penalty ever.



Referee Lewis Smith views the VAR monitor, resulting in a penalty kick being awarded for handball for Liverpool against Southampton

We can lose, but we have to fight like we fight today."

Liverpool.com says: While Southampton might have got away with one and then felt hard done by, the Saints wouldn't have expected anything other than a defeat in this game