Well he's denied it, I think in all honesty (if you don't take the views of bitter fans/LFC fans) then I don't see how they can say it was intentional if you watch (and ive tried to think of myself as a neutral here) it does not look intentional at all, it's alright sitting here saying change your stride, but it's not so easy to actually do that at the pace these people play at.
I think it's just the fa being the fa
Watch out with all that reasoned thought and rationality. You'll get called delusional.