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[Saba Sports News] According to British media reports, former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg sparked controversy with his comments during Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over AC Milan. Previously, Liverpool had come back to defeat AC Milan 3-1 in the Champions League away match. After seeing their team concede goals consecutively, AC Milan fans in the stands expressed their dissatisfaction by chanting for their players to do better. As a commentator for Amazon Prime, Clattenburg said: “I think the referee needs to calm down the home fans; right now they are all targeting the referee. I think he just needs to give Milan one or two small fouls to balance things out.” However, Liverpool fans found this statement hard to believe and discussed it online. One fan wrote: “Are you kidding me? I can’t believe he said that.” Another fan commented: “Clattenburg suggesting referees give Milan favorable calls to appease home fans is ridiculous.” A third fan said: “I was just thinking that the referee was doing well when Clattenburg introduced how to ruin the game.” What do you think about this?