Liverpool may have themselves to blame if they fail to secure all three points at Burnley, though they have every reason to feel aggrieved (again) over the standard of officiating on display.
Ever at the heart of all things controversial when it comes to officiating a game involving Jurgen Klopp’s men, Paul Tierney and his team courted critique with their decision-making (yet again).
Harvey Elliott had a lead-doubler ruled out (the second of the night) after Mo Salah was adjudged to be in an offside position after being shoved. However, the reasoning has since been clarified by James Pearce on X.
The push was more of a foul than Nunez’s.
— Short Lawyer Person (@ShortLawyer) December 26, 2023
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Not satisfactory enough
We can understand that the officials have to consider both the offside and the degree of contact on our Egyptian winger.
Why this has to be an entirely binary decision, however, is beyond our understanding.
Can we not see what’s behind door ‘C’? Is it not possible that a Burnley player could have illegally moved Salah into an offside position?
No? Right then. Good process, boys!
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The bigger issue with the incident was that if Elliott and Trafford were the only players in the stadium the keeper would never have saved it. The replay was was shown in slo mo which is not how it should be shown.