Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock has accused Liverpool's Mo Salah of diving to win the penalty that helped seal
Referee Martin Atkinson penalised Sean Morrison in the 81st minute after the Cardiff skipper was deemed to have manhandled the striker to the ground.
Replays showed Morrison did make contact with Salah, but the Egyptian did appear to go to ground rather easily.
And Warnock was typically forthright following the match, telling Sky Sports: "I think we have done really well. We are playing against a team really without a weakness. They have quality all around the field.
"We played when we could on the front foot. We are disappointed with a few things.
"There was a linesman flagging in the first half and he clearly punished us when Van Dijk was playing him on.
"Then we have a silly penalty like that. He had his arms around him but he didn't have to give that. The last bit of the penalty shout was like a great 9.9 dive.
"Andy Robertson pulled Morrison (in a separate incident). He knew he was going to beat him on the back post. It's good defending if you can get away with that.
"Morrison has been pulled from top to toe this season and has had his shirt ripped off a couple of times. I don't think he's ever had a penalty. When you see them given as easily as that (Liverpool’s one). "
The Bluebirds are three points behind relegation rivals Brighton heading into their final three matches following the defeat.
They had managed to hold Liverpool until the second half before Georginio Wijnaldum broke the deadlock and James Milner converted the controversial penalty.
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