Graeme Souness has admitted that his mind has changed over the controversial penalty decision during Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Manchester City
Souness believes players like Mohamed Salah have to 'fire on all cylinders'.
Jeremy Doku escaped action for a high foot on Alexis Mac Allister in the penalty area late on
Liverpool dominated the second-half but couldn't make their pressure pay and complete the comeback
The draw keeps the Reds second, one point behind Premier League leaders Arsenal and one ahead of City.
Souness
"Yesterday I thought, no, he’s pulling out of it,"
"I have watched it several times this morning and I would be leaning more towards a penalty."
"If I had the opportunity to look at that in VAR, yesterday I would have said penalty."
The title race remains wide open and set to go down to the wire with Man City still set to host the Gunners.
Souness believes there is momentum on Merseyside but players need to be "firing on all cylinders" after a difficult cameo for the returning Salah on Sunday.
Souness added
"When you play for a club or manage a club, you look back on your season. You don’t have to look back far in Liverpool’s recent games,"
"It was against Forest where they got a goal late on when really, the ball should have been given to Forest."
""You can look back and there are pluses and minuses, but either way, you’re talking as though we are not going to win it. I think Liverpool have got the momentum, I really do."
"There is a feel-good factor at Anfield, the manager is leaving and I think everybody at that football club at this stage in the season, normally pulls together and they are extra strong at this time.
"I have said consistently that Liverpool will win it, and the reason why I said that is because they are a team without playing well because they are goalscorers."
"Yesterday, when I looked at Salah coming on, Salah is not right. They have got to get these guys back to firing on all cylinders."
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