Former FIFA referee, Howard Webb, has branded Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini a 'thug' and says the Belgian was lucky to stay on in the game after elbowing multiple Liverpool players throughout the game.
Fellaini elbowed Dejan Lovren in last night's fixture but the referee stayed away from showing him a red card for that challenge. Similarly, in the first leg of the tie, Fellaini elbowed Emre Can and got away with the red card then as well.
Speaking to BT Sport Europe, Webb said enough is enough, "It's one thing imposing yourself on the game, but another thing being a thug on the pitch.
"(Fellaini) can't play without throwing his elbows around. I think he should have been suspended for (the incident in the first leg) but UEFA never looked at it."
And when looking over the elbowing incidents in the second tie – i.e last night – Webb insisted that the elbow on Lovren was definitely a red card.
"This ongoing battle with Can continues, he throws an arm -- reckless in my opinion, not violent, worth a yellow card," he said.
"But this one's a red card. Dejan Lovren is holding him -- is that an excuse to throw an arm? No, of course not.
"He clenches his fist, he puts force into the elbow, the point of the elbow into the back of the head, and he should have been sent off."
Howard Webb now says that referees know what they're in for when they come across the big Belgian in their matches.
"We know what Fellaini's about when we're refereeing," he said. "We've seen it all throughout his career, but he seems to be getting worse and worse.
"Week in, week out, he can't get through a game without violently throwing his arm into people's faces.
"He should have been sent off, pure and simple. He gets away with it week in, week out -- I think people are getting a little bit fed up of it."
