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Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt has played down suggestions that there was a 'local bias' as Dutch referee Pieter Vink denied Arsenal a definite penalty. Kuyt appeared to bring down Alexander Hleb in the area - but the referee did not give the penalty.
âIt was close, to be fair, but he didn't deserve a penalty,â he said. âI do know the referee. I played in Holland lots of times where he was the referee. We both come from the same area. It is wrong, though, to say that because I know the referee, he made decisions in my favour.
"He made a good decision with the penalty. There were no favours. Robin van Persie [the Arsenal forward] knows him better."
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