David Maddock let rip over the decision which saw Liverpool have a legitimate goal disallowed against Burnley at Turf Moor this evening.
Cody Gakpo thought he’d doubled the Reds’ lead just before the half-hour mark, only for it to be ruled out as Darwin Nunez was adjudged to have fouled Charlie Taylor in the build-up, despite the Clarets defender not calling for any semblance of a free kick.
The journalist couldn’t believe why it was chalked off, and he vented on X: “That’s the second VAR non decision that has gone against Liverpool in three days that is not just baffling, but ludicrous.
“One is unfortunate, but two, well that’s suspicious. Especially given the VAR official against Arsenal, and the ref here. It stinks.”
That’s the second VAR non decision that has gone against Liverpool in three days that is not just baffling, but ludicrous.
One is unfortunate, but two, well that’s suspicious. Especially given the VAR official against Arsenal, and the ref here.
— David Maddock (@MaddockMirror) December 26, 2023
If the decision to disallow Gakpo’s goal was bad, the process which saw the same fate befall Harvey Elliott after half-time was utterly despicable, with VAR not showing Paul Tierney the clear push on Mo Salah to shove him offside.
Thankfully it hasn’t cost the Reds in the end, with Diogo Jota’s late goal making it 2-0 long after that should’ve been the case.
Nonetheless, the final result shouldn’t detract from another embarrassing night for Premier League referees, with public confidence in the officials at an all-time low after a season dogged by inexplicable decisions.
Maddock has echoed the thoughts of millions of Liverpool fans by labelling the VAR calls as ‘ludicrous’ and even daring – not without justification – to enter the territory of ‘suspicious’.
Don’t even bother apologising, PGMOL. If you want to make it right, have a word with your referees and make sure they can actually do their jobs properly.
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it’s now crystal clear to the whole world that English FA are nothing but animals in human form. let everybody show their talents and stop ruin players and managers moral with your ridiculous decision. must you pair hooper and tieney together? if you don’t stop your nonsense officiating against Liverpool, I’ll let you know the stuff we made up.. African man,,,,,, I’m proud to be one of them
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Money talks doesn’t it.
Whether or not PGMOL can express apology for any decision that the referees have made in matches against Liverpool it’s immaterial because a galore of apologies can give.points to LFC.There is a vendetta against LFC is clear to every body. Were it not the case LFC be probably miles ahead in the league. Think of the decisions at Chelsea.Spurs and Arsenal. Some people might have been paid.Might have been paid by whom and why that is a debate for another day.
So true.. There’s a vendetta against Liverpool!!!
Exactly especially Paul the cunt Tierney this useless cunt must be a man united or Man City or Chelsea or even Arsenal supporter so it’s not wonder this cunt is a biased and his pathetic deliberate decisions to wrongly give wrong decisions on the pitch this guy is a disgrace to all the referees and PGMO organisation that is a fkg disgrace every fan from every premier league clubs know what a disgrace Paul Tierny Is this guy is not even fit to referee a Sunday pub league game let alone a professional league game
Please learn English before you use the C word Anil, that rant was embarrassing and not because of the bad language.
Only the uneducated use bad language in place of rhetoric. It has its place but in every sentence it loses its value.
Fuck the PGMOL. They are corrupt little men being paid off to ensure Man City has the inside track to another title.
Call it what it is. Blatant cheating.
The FA better heed the incident in the Turkish league, very soon it will happen in front of millions of worldwide viewers.
Watch and see,,,, it will soon happen
I am of the view that the official know that their decisions are final, don’t care right or wrong. There needs to be a tribunal to formally correct referees decision. Many clubs are impacted by bad calls and so far this season lfc would have been ahead by at least 6 points or more. When officials make 3 or 4 bad decisions in a season.
The most sensible comment that I’ve read in a long while. Other than a tribunal, I also believe that some referees should be investigated for corruption, it is always the same referees and VAR’s who make these biased decisions.
The FA should demand to know the amounts paid to officials who referred games in the Middle East recently. They’ve been bought. They know if they give decisions against certain teams, then they won’t get any such future gigs. Have they not got referees in the Middle East, and why are English referees such a big draw in that part of the world? Did their presence increase ticket sales by thousands? No. It made no difference, so why were they invited there?
Is fucking bad, am sick 🤢 and tired of their nonsense. They’re killing the moral of our team and team management