Liverpool skipper Gerrard free to face Man Utd after escaping FA action
The FA will not be taking action against Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard over his clash with Portsmouth's Michael Brown.
It is understood the FA sought clarification from referee Stuart Attwell after Gerrard appeared to catch Brown with his forearm during the 4-1 win for Rafael Benitez's men at Anfield.
Attwell saw the incident at the time and spoke to Gerrard after awarding Pompey a free-kick, with the FA following guidelines not to punish players retrospectively if the match official sees the alleged offence.
Gerrard escaped punishment from the FA last week after apparently making a two-fingered gesture to referee Andre Marriner during Liverpool's 1-0 defeat away to Wigan.
Against Pompey, Benitez replaced his 29-year-old captain with Yossi Benayoun immediately after the incident with Brown, with victory a formality by that stage.
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Comments (4)
Hi, I'm using Firefox and for some reason the fonts on your site are gigantic. All the other sites I usually browse show up normally except yours.
absolutely disgraceful...two games on the trot he behaves like an idiot and they do nothing...completely unnecessary and unprovoked...he shouldn´t even have been playing portsmouth for his v-sign in the game before
I don't think it's because of a possible title 4 ManU.
Gerrard is "everyones darling". he never gets a booking 4 his diving.
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