Liverpool could also be left rueing what might have been a great alternative to place the stress on Chelsea with a giant three factors secured towards Fulham.
It wasn’t meant to be for Arne Slot’s males, who had been all the time going to be going through an uphill battle to combat again with solely 10 males on the pitch.
Andy Robertson, who was accurately proven a pink card after taking out Harry Wilson and denying the Welshman a transparent goalscoring alternative, might have fairly the bone to choose with on-pitch official Tony Harrington.
The referee, with the complicity of VAR, did not penalise what gave the impression to be pink card-worthy offences firstly from Issa Diop after which from goalscorer Andreas Pereira towards Ryan Gravenberch.
There might be no complaints over the decision that left Liverpool quick a person, however just a little consistency in decisive decision-making certainly wouldn’t do the sport any hurt.
Poor officiating didn’t assist Liverpool
Evidently, Virgil van Dijk and Fulham’s gamers agreed to a sure extent, judging by conversations that came about on the pitch.
Harrington was branded ‘nervous’ by each events in what was an erratic affair at Anfield on Saturday.
“I had conversations with the gamers of Fulham and we felt just like the referee was nervous. He couldn’t correctly talk with Robertson I felt,” the Dutchman’s feedback had been relayed by BBC Sport.
“We will’t put the blame on the referee. All of us talk about defending the referee however I couldn’t communicate to him. It shouldn’t be a giant factor as a result of he isn’t why we dropped factors.”
Liverpool are set to subsequent tackle Southampton within the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup earlier than a Premier League rendezvous with Tottenham subsequent Sunday.
The Premier League should increase commonplace of officiating
We’ve stated it 1,000,000 occasions earlier than – however we’re sick and uninterested in seeing video games negatively impacted by the standard of officiating.
Sure, we’ve ourselves accountable for leaping right into a gap we’d need to later climb out of within the second half, however there’s actually no excusing the decision-making for the Pereira and Diop selections, in our view not less than.
Shield referees, completely. However then not less than present some dedication to bettering the usual of referees getting into the English top-flight.
In the end, it doesn’t serve the pursuits of the Premier League product, does it?
