Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen says that Kepa Arrizabalaga was partially to blame for Andreas Christensen's red card during Chelsea's loss to the Reds on Sunday.
The centre-back was sent off after hauling down Mane as the attacker chased a through ball from Jordan Henderson - though only after VAR intervened, with referee Paul Tierney initially awarding Christensen a yellow card.
The defender was beaten by Mane's run, and though the striker did not yet have the ball, he was brought down with Kepa attempting to intercept the pass around 35 yards from his goal.
And Owen says that the goalkeeper's decision to come running from his goal created a big problem for the 24-year-old.
"We hear a lot of the time about goalkeepers creating nervousness in their back four and I think that’s a perfect example," Owen told Premier League Productions.
"He did it earlier on in the game when he ran out of his box for no apparent reason. When your goalkeeper is nervous it runs throughout your team. He shouldn’t be running 25 yards out of his goal.
"I don’t think there’s any complaints about the red card decision. It took two attempts from the referee to get there but I think he got there in the end.
"It was a great run from Sadio Mane to get across the face of Christensen but the goalkeeper comes out and confuses the situation for the big centre half.
"He [Christensen] puts two arms around Sadio Mane, grabs him, wrestles him to the ground and it’s a definite sending off."
