Paul Lambert has blasted a number of refereeing decisions during yesterday's Liverpool vs Celtic legends clash.
The Anfield clash saw the Reds run out 2-0 winners thanks to goals from Steven Gerrard and Mark Gonzalez.
Former Rangers boss Gerrard celebrated wildly as he opened the scoring and made a beeline towards the visiting Celtic support.
Lambert was the manager of the Celtic side and he was far from impressed with the standard of officiating.
He called out a Fabio Aurelio handball before contesting the Hoops' disallowed goal.
He said: "At one point I thought Michael Jordan was out there playing. The handball? Everybody saw that. You didn’t need VAR for that, Shaquille O'Neal [former basketball player] would have been proud of that jump. It was just an unbelievable decision.
"The offside goal, I don’t know how a ball can go out the pitch and then hit the front of the bar?
"Unless there was a hurricane in that goalmouth, I don’t know? I think some decisions went against them.
“The guys worked so hard and played really well. They are ex-sportsmen so will always have that competitive edge with them. It was a great atmosphere, the Celtic fans were outstanding. It was a fitting game for a great cause."
On his penalty and celebration, Gerrard explained yesterday: "It was definitely a penalty. Martin Skrtel's excellent - bursting through like a marauding midfielder. Stonewall penalty.
"There was only one taker from there and that's me, in front of the Celtic fans. A little bit of pressure, I waited for [the goalkeeper Artur Boruc] to go, and you have to milk it. I've had so much stick off them so they can have a bit back. There you go.
"It [the fundraiser] wouldn't be so successful without the support of the fans, and to be fair to Celtic - they turned up in their numbers today. It's been a really enjoyable day."
Gary McAllister, who was Gerrard's assistant manager at Ibrox, also thanked the Celtic fans. He said, "It's a fantastic thing that Celtic brought 4,000 all the way down from Scotland to come and support the foundation. It supports Celtic's foundation as well."
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