Liverpool’s Dominic Solanke admits disallowed goal did strike his arm

• Striker had late goal ruled out against West Brom at Anfield on Wednesday
• ‘It has clipped my arm. The referee disallowed it but it’s very unlucky’

Dominic Solanke has claimed he was “very unlucky” not to register his first Liverpool goal against West Bromwich Albion despite admitting the disallowed effort did strike his arm.

The young Liverpool striker had his 82nd-minute celebrations cut short against Alan Pardew’s team when the referee Paul Tierney and assistant Constantine Hatzidakis penalised a handball offence. Jürgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, said he was unsure Solanke had used both his chest and arm to convert Joe Gomez’s cross after watching several replays. “It was another moment where we had no luck,” said Klopp, who maintains Everton were wrongly awarded a late penalty in Sunday’s Merseyside derby.

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