Lucky Liverpool? Early Salah penalty causes uproar in Champions League final

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The referee's watch showed less than 30 seconds when he sanctioned a questionable handball in the Spurs area to hand Liverpool a chance for the lead

Liverpool needed less than two minutes to take the advantage in Saturday's all-English Champions League final - but the penalty decision which led to Mohamed Salah was not well-received by all.Â

Salah converted his effort expertly past Hugo Lloris after Moussa Sissoko handled in the area in what was essentially the first passage of play at the Wanda Metropolitano.Â

RefereeÂ Damir Skomina had no doubts in pointing to the spot, although the ball appeared to ricochet off Sissoko's chest before striking his outstretched arm as he cantered out to close down Sadio Mane.Â

The penalty subsequently became the second-fastest goal in Champions League final history, and left Tottenham with a mountain to climb, albeit with plenty of time still left on the clock to mastermind another comeback.Â

But was it a spot-kick to begin with? Opinions, as you might imagine in such an important clash, were as vehement on social media as they were divided...

01:48 â€“ Mohamed Salahâ€™s opener for Liverpool is the second fastest goal in a Champions League final, only behind Paolo Maldni (00:50) for AC Milan versus Liverpool in 2005. Blocks. #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/xymH4g79DG

GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool. Mohamed Salah scores from the penalty spot #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/WzujvNtxVP

No doubt at all....that this was not a penalty. Which makes it even funnier. pic.twitter.com/XkTTcP9GKp

seriously tho that is such a harsh penalty. Liverpool getting lucky again.

That's a penalty, for me. Hits his arm, which is way out.

Spursy ðŸ¤”

Giving away a penalty in 24 seconds in a Champions League final is one of the most Spursy things youâ€™ll ever see.

Luis Suarez won about 3 PL penalties doing that aim for the arm thing so it's not new, it's just gone mainstream

2019-06-01 23:00:01

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