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26th Nov 2015

VIDEO: Simon Mignolet held onto the ball for an eternity to cause Bordeaux goal

Stupid

Ben Kiely

What was he thinking?

Liverpool went 0-1 down against Bordeaux in the Europa League on Thursday night and the finger of blame can be squarely pointed at Simon Mignolet for the game’s opener.

The keeper gave away an indirect free kick, 16 yards out and straight in front of goal for disobeying the six-second rule.

Mignolet held onto the ball for over 20 seconds before the referee finally blew up and awarded Bordeaux the free.

https://twitter.com/LFCMostar/status/669980323665416192?lang=en

Henri Saivet stepped up and duly converted the indirect free.

https://twitter.com/FMundofutbol16/status/669983099950907392?lang=en

The Twitterati were not too pleased with Mignolet for his outrageous error.

https://twitter.com/Footy_Jokes/status/669979662446034944

https://twitter.com/ItsJurgenKlopp/status/669979887139201024

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