Salah scored from the penalty spot in the 4-0 victory at Anfield. He won the spot kick himself after going down under pressure from Newcastle defender Paul Dummett, with The Times' Paul Joyce reporting on Thursday morning that he will not face any retrospective action from the FA.
Liverpool's Mo Salah will NOT face any retrospective disciplinary action from FA over penalty incident in yesterday's game with Newcastle. FA say it did not meet threshold for deception of a match official.
— paul joyce (@_pauljoyce) December 27, 2018
The FA has the power to retrospectively ban players believed to have successfully conned officials, with Everton's Oumar Niasse and West Ham's Manuel Lanzini both having served the automatic two-game ban since the rules were brought into effect.
Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey tweeted in response to the incident, saying: "If we are going to rid this disease of simulation Salah has to face retrospective action and receive a two-match ban."
The Liverpool Echo unsurprisingly took a dim view of the 'dive' claims, labelling Halsey's accusations against Salah as 'bizarre' and 'ridiculous'.
The penalty was soft but Dummett grabbed his arm and the idea that Salah should be banned retrospectively is ridiculous. #LFC
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceEcho) December 26, 2018
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Liverpool's win took them six points clear at the top of the Premier League table after reigning champions and title favourites Manchester City lost for a third time in the space of four games.
Source : 90min