Jamie Carragher calls out Liverpool star for 'ridiculous' Arsenal incident: 'It's got to stop'

Mac Allister spurned arguably dominant Liverpool’s best chance to equalise before the interval, heading over the crossbar from close range after being picked out by a pinpoint left-wing cross from Milos Kerkez.He was later at the centre of the game’s biggest flashpoint as tempers flared in the closing stages, falling to the ground theatrically while clutching his face following an altercation with Noni Madueke.Mac Allister had initially sparked the incident by slapping Martin Odegaard on the back of the head and barking something at the Arsenal captain while he was down on the ground following a foul, behaviour which Jurrien Timber also took exception to.Madueke was already on a yellow card for earlier sweeping the legs of Bradley Barcola, but avoided any further punishment from referee Andy Madley following a review by VAR Stuart Attwell, who deemed that it was not a headbutt as Timber and Mac Allister were both booked instead.Mac Allister’s behaviour was branded as “embarrassing” by Gary Neville on commentary, while he was also criticised heavily by Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher after the match.Theatrics: Alexis Mac Allister went down clutching his face after an altercation with Noni MaduekeGetty“I wanted Liverpool to win the game, but I’m delighted he [Madueke] never got sent off there,” Carragher said on Sky Sports. “We have really got to be strong calling people out and just saying, ‘this is embarrassing’.“It’s got to stop. It’s ridiculous. I said it a couple of weeks ago with a similar sort of thing, I can’t stand it. I think everybody in the country watching football, this head-to-head stuff... if someone puts their head back and butts, of course, red card.“But this stuff about head to head and if someone touches the other one goes down and the player gets sent off, as a game, as football, people in the Premier League, supporters, call your own people out for it.Read More“I’m a Liverpool fan. That is a joke from Mac Allister. It’s got to stop. People are trying to gain this advantage because they know they can. Because red cards are getting given for it.“Whether it’s from Howard Webb [chief refereeing officer for PGMOL], the Premier League, the managers get together, stop getting red cards for this crap.”