Liverpool midfielder Emre Can has played down the apparent elbow from Marouane Fellaini which could get the Manchester United midfielder banned for next week's Europa League second leg.

Television cameras picked up the Belgium international seemingly swinging a forearm into his German opponent's neck in the final moments of the Reds' 2-0 first-leg victory at Anfield.

The incident was missed by card-happy Spanish referee Carlos Velasco Carballo, whose six bookings in the game took his tally to 80 yellow cards and six reds in his 13 European matches, but Fellaini could yet be punished retrospectively by UEFA.

"It was just a small fight. It was okay. It was not a boxing ring punch," said Can.

"Fellaini is a fair sportsman. He touched my throat with his elbow but it is okay."