Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says Everton midfielder Gareth Barry should've been sent off during yesterday's 1-1 draw.

Barry was cautioned in the second-minute for a foul on Adam Lallana and then blocked Raheem Sterling's shot with his arm inside the penalty area after eight minutes.

Referee Martin Atkinson waved away the penalty appeals and then spared Barry again after 10 minutes when he clipped Mario Balotelli.

Rodgers said only half in jest: "Gareth Barry grabbed it with both arms. It was nearly a save! And Martin (Atkinson) had a good look at it.

"For us it was a clear penalty. If the ball strikes your hand around the waste, that is one thing, but his arms were up above his head. If the penalty had been given, he (Barry) would have gone and maybe that was in the referee's mind."