There was a moment tonight in the first-half of Southampton that made no sense whatsoever.
Fraser Forster clattered into his own player and dropped the ball to Roberto Firmino, who missed an open goal.
However, Andre Marriner blew the whistle the moment Forster made the mistake – meaning Firmino’s effort wouldn’t have counted if it had gone in – and also meant it actually would not have been able to have been changed by VAR either…
Journalist Ben Darcy explains:
Bad mistake from the ref to blow his whistle when Forster fell over his own player. Ball fell to a Liverpool player with an open goal.
— Ben D'Arcy (@ben_darcy) January 4, 2021
Firmino’s appalling finish though meant Marriner got away with his error.
In the first-half, Liverpool were abysmal – and in truth – we didn’t deserve anything anyway.
Still, Marriner was almost as bad, and this moment summed it up completely.
Liverpool are being out Liverpooled by a lot of teams this year. For the past couple of seasons Liverpool’s strength was their continual pressing on the opposition. Fast open play was the way we beat teams. Last nights game was a prime example. How many times did Johnson take the ball along the wing with players gathering into the box, only for him to stop and turn the ball back to the halfway line and another attack fizzled out? And he was not the only one. And dont even get me started on VAR!!!!!!!!!!