Liverpool avoids a fifth sanction in a week as the Tottenham losing issue persists.

Liverpool is still in shock following last weekend’s shocking loss to Tottenham.

The FA reportedly decided against taking any action against Alexis Mac Allister for his social media post after the game, so at least the club as a whole can now move on from any further potential sanctions.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp may still be holding out for an unlikely replay with Tottenham.

With Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota receiving red cards and Luis Diaz’s goal being incorrectly disallowed, the game seemed to go against Liverpool in every way.

To add insult to injury, Liverpool were punished a fourth time just days later as they were slapped with a £25,000 fine for ‘ill discipline’.

Liverpool received a total of eight cards in the defeat to Tottenham, including assistant manager Peter Krawietz.

After Mac Allister seemed to criticize the match officials on social media, there were some worries that extra sanctions may be handed out. Tottenham’s victory was celebrated by Cristian Romero on social media with the caption: “This team has incredible enthusiasm, great heart. Always the same, collectively.

In response, Mac Allister wrote in the comments, “Normal when you have 12 players.”

His hazardous statement has now been deleted, but it was unclear whether the FA will take additional punishment.

Mac Allister ran the possibility of breaking FA Rule E3.1 by doubting the impartiality of a Premier League referee.

This rule states that any social media posts that “imply bias, attack their integrity, are personally offensive, prolonged, or particularly unreasonable” may result in a “charge of formal warning.”

To Liverpool’s relief, This Is Anfield asserts that the FA has chosen against pursuing the matter further.

Mac Allister will be expected to start against his former side this weekend as Liverpool take on Brighton.

With Jones unavailable due to suspension, and both Thiago Alcantara and Stefan Bajcetic still recovering from injury, Klopp has a chance to start all three of his major midfield signings together for the first time this season.

Mac Allister and Dominik Szboszlai have already established themselves as regulars for Klopp in the Premier League.

But Ryan Gravenberch may have played himself into making his first league start for the Reds.

The Dutchman joined Liverpool on deadline day, meaning he needed more time to get up to full speed at Anfield.

He’s been limited to starts in the cup competitions, but the 21-year-old got his first goal in Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise on Thursday.

Mac Allister could be in line to play as the No 6 in Liverpool’s midfield with Gravenberch and Szoboszlai operating further forward.

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Player who Liverpool sold for £12m this summer is now playing in front of less than 1000 people

Jordan Henderson is having to get used to playing in-front of crowds that aren’t exactly Anfield-esque right now.

Having spent the past 12 years at Liverpool, Henderson had become well-used to turning out with tens of thousands watching him week after week.

The 33-year-old’s memories of those times, however, are now a far cry, according to The Daily Mail.

Henderson is now paying the price for his £12 million decision to leave Liverpool’s fame for the riches Saudi Arabia has to offer.

Incredibly, it’s claimed that the England international recently played for a crowd of just 976 people for Al Ettifaq.

By contrast, even with the Anfield Road stand under construction and not fully open, Liverpool packed just shy of 50,000 in for last week’s Carabao Cup tie with Leicester City.

Henderson getting used to new normal

There will be some Liverpool fans who will be keen to go easy on Henderson.

But after his recent claims that his move to Saudi had nothing to do with money, and everything to do with ‘growing the league,’ we’re not in that camp.

Of course, the Reds legend wouldn’t have expected the crowds to be anything like Premier League size in the nascent super league.

But perhaps Henderson underestimated just how big a jump it was set to be for him.

There is some clarity required in the Mail’s piece from today, though. While they claim that the 976 crowd was present for Henderson’s most recent game for Al Ettifaq, that appears not to have been the case.

Steven Gerrard’s team actually played last night, losing 2-1 at home to Al Fateh FC, with 9,827 in attendance [Fotmob].

Instead, the embarrassing 976 figure is actually from a game Al Ettifaq played on September 16th. As per Fotmob, there were less than 1,00 people present to watch Gerrard, Henderson and co beat Abha.

This is what Jordan may have to get used to every now and then in the Saudi Pro League. He could have still been playing in the very best stadiums and crowds in the world, but he chose to throw that all away.