Liverpool fans fume as referee blows for half-time with Mohamed Salah through on goal

Liverpool supporters have been left fuming after they felt they were denied a possible goalscoring opportunity during their Champions League last-16 first-leg clash against Inter Milan.

On the stroke of half-time at the San Siro, it appeared that star forward Mohamed Salah was going to be through on goal as the ball broke kindly to him just inside the Inter Milan half.

However, Polish referee Szymon Marciniak had other ideas and blew for the interval instead.

Salah couldn’t believe the decision himself as he looked to give Liverpool the lead at half-time

Salah couldn’t believe the decision as he looked on in disbelief, and the Reds’ No 11 reaction was mirrored by many on social media too.

One incensed fan took to Twitter to write: ‘How the f*** has the ref blown the whistle when Salah was through on goal?!!!?’

Another tweeted: ‘Referee blows up 1:58 from +2 added time when Salah is clean through into the last 30yards against one slow centre-back who’s far away from him.’

Other bemused fans wrote: ‘We just going to ignore the fact that Salah was through there yeah Ref?’

‘Oh ref! Don’t blow when Salah’s through on goal mate,’ tweeted another.

Another user compared the moment to playing the popular computer game FIFA. ‘Proper Fifa moment. Salah was through on Goal and Referee whistles for half time,’ they wrote.

However, Salah was able to have the last laugh as he scored after the interval as Liverpool won the first left 2-0 – with substitute Roberto Firmino’s header breaking the deadlock.