Watch : Ibrahima Konate jokingly hits out at Gary Neville decision after Liverpool win: ‘I didn’t deserve it?’

Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Liverpool’s Ryan Gravenberch celebrate after the match. Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

Ibrahima Konate jokingly hit out at Gary Neville’s decision after he missed out on the player-of-the-match award in Liverpool’s win over Wolves.

The Frenchman opened the scoring before half-time, thundering a header beyond Sam Johnstone to give the Reds the lead despite a fairly sluggish performance.

Konate did also have a hand to play in Wolves’ equaliser, failing to clear the ball in his own box before Rayan Ait-Nouri levelled the match up, but the centre-back later produced a crucial challenge to deflect Carlos Forbs’s effort away from danger

It was a successful evening at Molineux for Liverpool, but Konate’s thoughts were on the player-of-the-match award, which he was forced to begrudgingly hand over to team-mate Ryan Gravenberch after Neville chose the Dutchman.

“Sky Sports, who decides who is man of the match?” Konate asked in his post-match interview alongside Gravenberch.

“How is this possible? OK, it’s my brother, I have to give it to him. Milan I score, today I score… I didn’t deserve it?

“No, no, no, what happened? You have to talk to them, I don’t know who decides.”

Konate shook his head as he was then told it was Neville who made the decision, as Gravenberch sheepishly added: “Thank you, Gary.”

It has been an eventful few games for Konate, who has been booked in each of his past three appearances.

However, he has now scored against AC Milan and Wolves, while also providing an assist in last weekend’s victory over Bour