VAR, Paul Tierney and Liverpool make for a decidedly interesting mix in football, albeit a rarely beneficial one for the latter party!
The trio combined once more to deny the visitors what appeared to be a legitimate goal at Turf Moor, with Cody Gakpo denied after Darwin Nunez was adjudged to have fouled Charlie Taylor in the box.
The team at VAR upheld the on-pitch official’s decision on the matter, much to the surprise of journalists observing the event on X (formerly Twitter).
Genuinely surprised that was ruled out. The fact Charlie Taylor immediately put his hands on his head rather than appealed to the referee told you everything you needed to know.
— David Lynch (@dmlynchlfc) December 26, 2023
Burnley got a bit lucky there. There was contact between Taylor and Nunez but probably not as much as Taylor was making out. "Fuck off Tierney" shout the away end after what appears a foul on Gravenberch is not given
— Ian Doyle (@IanDoyleSport) December 26, 2023
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The same old story
Where to begin without repeating what many are already well-versed in by this point?
The officials in this country are, for the most part, a bit… crap, aren’t they?
Even with the aid of modern technology, we continue to see some truly baffling decisions made across the English top-flight.
When will it end? When will things improve? Do we need to get rid of VAR or (fairly) demand more from the Premier League’s officials?
All worthwhile questions, though ones we suspect won’t be answered with any haste.
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Paul Tierney is anti Liverpool , whenever he refs our game he is controversial , his got in for Klopp , He hates Klopp period.PGMOL must demote him to the Championship
What about all the var decisions that go in your favour, because there is plenty of them aswell.
Tierney’s hate of Liverpool is no secret, Howard Webb must demote him to championship, him, David Coorte,Darren England,Simon Hooper,Harzidhakis are all bias when it comes to Liverpool games,they always escape without punishments, Liverpool should escalate their cases to FA,if there’s no fair judgement take it further up
I totally agree hes has an agenda for what ever reason I dont know but I dont think is capable of the premier league, get him out of there NOW!!!