Alexander Isak reacts to confirmation he was robbed of a penalty v Arsenal

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Alexander Isak has claimed that he does not feel he should need to dive in order to win penalties after confirmation arrived that he should have been awarded a spot-kick against Arsenal. The Liverpool striker was clearly pulled back by Jurrien Timber as he went up for a header in the first-half of the match, and though referee Andy Madley saw nothing doing – and the VAR inexplicably agreed – it was ruled by the Premier League’s independent panel that a penalty should have been awarded.Though the incident has generated plenty of controversy over the past two weeks, Isak had maintained his silence.

Liverpool's signings have all had time to settle in now, but who has been the most impressive and why? Isak doesn’t think he should need to dive There has been a debate ever since Liverpool’s defeat against Arsenal about whether players are more and more having to exaggerate contact or ‘sell’ penalties to referees in order to highlight legitimate fouls.

“Yeah, looking back, I suppose it does look that way [that it should have been a penalty], but when you’re in the moment, you don’t always perceive exactly what’s happening,” he said. Sure, if I’d had a better read on the situation, I might have made sure the referee noticed it, that’s about all you can do, but I don’t believe you need to dive or exaggerate in situations like this.” “Perhaps it shouldn’t even matter that much, given that we have VAR and systems in place to make the decisive calls in these kinds of moments.” Arsenal fans may argue that Isak’s comments are confirmation that Timber did not affect the striker as much as has been claimed.