The TNT presenter claimed that Ibrahima Konate was lucky not to be shown a second yellow card during the Merseyside derby today.
Liverpool now sit at the top of the table after collecting three points against their rivals at Anfield, winning the game 2-0.
Everton were reduced to ten men in the first half when Ashley Young was shown a second yellow card for a clumsy foul on Luis Diaz.
But when faced with a very similar situation in the second half, the referee chose not to show Konate a second yellow after a cynical foul.
Immediately after the incident, Jurgen Klopp substituted the French defender.
‘I thought they were the better team but I still think they’ve been lucky in terms of decisions with Konate,’ Ferdinand said on TNT after the game, via the Daily Mail.
‘He escaped getting a second yellow card and I thought they were very fortunate in that sense.
‘I don’t think Liverpool played particularly well today, I wouldn’t say [Jordan] Pickford had a lot of saves to make.
‘This wasn’t a performance from Liverpool where you go “wow this looks like a team firing on all cylinders”.’
I agree that the second tackle was a yellow card, but the first never was, so it was nice to get a bit of luck for a change this season.
That said, even if Konate had been sent off, we would have still won, probably easier than we did, because Everton would have still tried to play football.
Once Everton went a player down they made no attempt to attack, 10v10 we would have took advantage of the extra space.