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Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is no favourite among Liverpool fans - making the Reds’ late victory over his side at Selhurst Park earlier this month all the sweeter.

And the nature of Liverpool’s victory there is clearly still a matter of great distress to the Palace boss.

He’s taken the opportunity afforded by today’s visit of top-of-the-table Leicester to re-open the debate about Christian Benteke’s late spot-kick for the Reds.

The object of his anger is none other than ex-Reds favourite turned TV pundit jamie Carragher who spoke after the match about the contact between Damien Delaney and Benteke’s right to go down in those circumstances.

Pardew fumed: “What annoyed me most were Jamie Carragher’s strong comments after the game stating that Christian Benteke was right to go down to win the penalty. I couldn’t disagree more with those sentiments and it is a shame that so many former and current players share his opinion that diving is a valid tactic.

“Would Carragher have had the same opinion if Wilf (Zaha) had gone down in the box in the 94th minute of a massive game at Anfield? I suspect not but loyalties can blur opinions sometimes.

“of course we were then given a soft penalty in our FA Cup quarter final at Reading last Friday. Not for one second do I subscribe to the theory that any touch is enough to send anyone down in search of a penalty and my players would never be encouraged to do that.”

Sky pundit Carragher wasn’t about to take that lying down and suggested that the timing of the penalty was irrelevant and Pardew hadn’t made his position on the Reading penalty clear at all.

“Wow! Also what’s the time of the game got to do with whether it’s a penalty or not? No answer on the pen at Reading!”

He later added: “He said it was soft, which is not saying anything really. means nothing. Was it or wasn’t it?”

This one looks set to run and run.