But he decided against giving the spot kick to the disbelief of Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool players.
Replays showed that Pique was a lucky man to get away with the foul.
Klopp was forced into an early change when Naby Keita picked up a groin injury.
Jordan Henderson replaced the in-form midfielder.
Liverpool SHOULD have had penalty: Sadio Mane looked like he was fouled by Pique (Image: BT Sport)
Liverpool SHOULD have had penalty: Sadio Mane looked like he was fouled by Pique (Image: BT Sport)
Liverpool SHOULD have had penalty: Sadio Mane looked like he was fouled by Pique (Image: BT Sport)
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Liverpool SHOULD have had penalty: Sadio Mane looked like he was fouled by Pique (Image: BT Sport)
Liverpool SHOULD have had penalty: Sadio Mane looked like he was fouled by Pique (Image: BT Sport)
Barcelona could have had a penalty of their own though when Joel Matip handled from Lionel Messi.
The referee felt it was too close to him to give a penalty.
Luis Suarez gave Barcelona the lead when he latched onto Jordi Alba’s through ball to prod past Alisson.
He did not let his old allegiances to Liverpool stop him celebrating though.
At half-time the BT Sports pundits made it clear that the linesman flag was up, meaning they may have had to go to VAR to check play.