I think everybody in the world agrees that David Ngog dived for the penalty claim that gave Liverpool the lead against Birmingham last night, and Lee Carsley said he was so angry he told the referee to book him or send him off if he really believed it was a penalty.

“I was absolutely nowhere near him. It’s a joke.” said Carsley.

“I knew I didn’t touch him and I said to the referee to book me or send me off, it would have made me feel better.

“I’m sure he (Ngog) has got a family, well if I went home having done that I’d be embarrassed.

“You’re supposed to be teaching your kids an example and that is just an embarrassing case of cheating.

“But the lad’s taken a chance and got his team a point so I’m sure they’ll be patting him on the back.”

birmingham manager Alex McLeish was also scathing about Ngog and said he “conned the referee”.

“It is a shame for the game, he has conned the referee,” McLeish said.

“Lee has gone in but he has not made contact with the player, Mr Walton is a great referee but he has got that wrong.

“I thought they huffed and puffed but I don’t think they were going to score, if we hadn’t had that I think we would have won.

“He could have hurdled him, he didn’t have to go to ground.

“It is ludicrous, part of the game is evading the challenges – but he has got his team a penalty and they got a point, but unfortunately it cost us possibly two points.”

So as this is even more obvious a dive than the one that Eduardo was accused of, will UEFA be investigating the incident with a view to a ban?