Do you know what? Let them have this one.
Let Everton celebrate wildly as if it were a last-gasp winner in a Champions League final.
For the punters amongst us, you’d feel pretty safe guaranteeing that the Blues won’t come close to experiencing that occasion or the associated euphoria for the next hundred or so years.
And the Premier League? Forget about it.
For Liverpool, on the other hand, with seven points separating them from second-placed Arsenal at the top of the league summit – there is very much a title to be won.
There’s just the “small” (in inverted commas) task of upcoming trips to Villa Park and the Etihad Stadium to contend with following our hosting of Wolves at the weekend.
Why Michael Oliver sent off Arne Slot
You can’t help but feel a little sorry for Michael Oliver.
The Premier League official didn’t just get it mildly wrong at the final Goodison Park derby. Rather, the Englishman’s litany of errors on the blue half of Merseyside perfectly encapsulated just how far the standard of officiating in the English top-flight has fallen.
It wasn’t just a cry for help; it was a charity appeal pleading with the FA and PGMOL for an immediate injection of quality in the officiating ranks.
Please, sir – can we have a half-decent referee?
Just look at Oliver’s frankly arrogant decision to send off Arne Slot for what looked like, at best, a vigorous handshake.
Who knows, perhaps there’ll have been a bit of bite in the Liverpool head coach’s comments. The 39-year-old will have to hope so; we just don’t see how he can otherwise justify dismissing the Dutchman after the full-time whistle for a potentially aggressive handshake.
https://twitter.com/footbalIfights/status/1889798333574815944?t=kOjsulaDvLtVknrjEqbKiw&s=19
Oliver really sent Slot off because of a vigorous handshake 😭
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PMGOL ludicrously claim that refereeing is the best ever, well after watching that clown tonight they should issue an apology.
Absolutely!!!!! How can he even get away with that poor showing? He was clearly out of his depth. Not professional enough for a game of this magnitude and it will definitely not be overturned. How can referees just get away with poor performances?
So, it will definitely be overturned, NOT.
Seems the view here is that all controversial must always be made in Liverpool favour, have Liverpool ever won anything without dubious penalty s to help them on their way
Coming from an Arsenal or Man United fan?? 😀😀 You’re gonna have to get some sleep.
You must be a joker
get a TV mate 😂
Were you really happy with the officiating?
If the red card for Slot won’t be reversed then the FA knows nothing and encourages the erring official to continue with their biasness
30 years and counting blue nose!!!!!
Oh give yourself a rest will you, your just a bitter (usual) supporter. The game was as it was ….. a draw!! Typical moaning blue when you don’t win….which is normal for you blues isn’t it??!!!!!!
Sorry but did you actually watch this game. The referee was a complete idiot. I am an Everton supporter and even I say that Michael Oliver has been a very poor ref for a number of years now. Surely VAR should have been used for the laughable free kick which led to the opening goal. The standard went downhill from then on
you know just because you don’t have a life, doesn’t mean you need to hang out on rival fans boards? You could like – you know – go create one? just an idea
And then you woke up and the cookies were gone and your coffee was cold. If as you suggest, then LFC would have at least 5 extra PL Titles. Pull your head out your rear end JCW.
Yes, many a situation. I think most go against Liverpool.
Michael Oliver seems to have just lost his marbles. Everytime he’s in the middle, he seems to make some big blunder. Take a break, Michael Oliver. You need rest.
This Slot red card episode is not only ridiculous but also borders on this individual’s inability to keep his emotions under control, bordering on traits of a tyrannical megalomaniac
The ref was a joke. He should never referee a Liverpool game again. Pure bias, just shows how corrupt the PGMOL really are
100%
gave a free kick to neverton every time one of their players threw themselves tothe ground if a ‘pool player came with 2 yards of them. absolute joke of a ‘referee’
Not just Liverpool he should not referee ever again full stop
PGMOL are a joke, this ref was biased and inconsistent with his dealings to both sides, giving soft free kicks to one side and ignore something similar for the other, can’t wait for him to do match officials a favour and retire
How can you be biased to both sides? I think sometimes people should just shut up. Evertons decline had more to do with Liverpool supporters than their own
If you are referring to heysel, a team has been relegated, come back up won champs league twice, 2 teams have won the FA CUP and are now in league1 and league 2, liverpool have won about 12 trophies +, if you cant spend your money correctly, stop bkaming other teams
Maybe he was upset Slot didnt give him a kiss to say goodbye….🤣🤣
Still corruption in the game
I think if you tot up every game he has refereed of Liverpool and count how many red and yellow cards he has given out and bad decisions then the higher up bodies may think God maybe there’s something in this and take action. But I doubt it as they are corrupt
Amazing what a difference an official can make! Reflect back a few days ago when Plymouth beat Liverpool – what a performance by the officials (never even noticed them – GREAT, that’s what fans love to see!). Then, England best – M.Oliver – need I say more! How can fans believe the game is not staged with these sort of performance by (certain) officials!
big Liverpool fan – this is nonsense – not even Oliver would send someone off for an aggressive handshake – it clearly wasn’t – Slot must have said something?
If true, which I do not know, Oliver is an even bigger idiot. Having destroyed the game for near 100 mins, this was the icing on the cake …
He should never referee.agai. fullstop
“you gave them their happy ending, then”. Arne to the ref= red card.
English premier league refs think they walk on water, believe they are bigger than the players. They are an utter joke hiding behind the PGMOL and the FA, knowing full well that they WON’T be asked to explain themselves by the media like the players and managers have to!! They really aren’t fit for purpose. There’s a very good reason why English refs rarely feature in champions league or World Cup matches. They will of course get 5* treatment by the Saudi league when asked to officiate over there and nobody bats an eyelid!!
Pure robbery … when you have such a poor display for a ref you need to be able to take some stick. Loads of money at stake here. If he did send Slot because of a strong handshake what a joke. Michael Oliver has shown how poor of a ref he is this year … he should be fired like Coote. Absolute Rubbish the worst ref’s game I have ever seen. Giving fouls for plays when there was no contact ….what??? Huge Muppet Oliver!
It could have been 1-3 but Sala was denied a clean free kick through a counter attack which i don’t understand why the whistle was not blown, truly I say unto you that all the referees was against Liverpool…
This is ridiculous.
The refereeing is getting worse each game.
The VAR supposed to clear up ambiguous decisions but it is doing the opposite.
This same referee has bee involved in Liverpool loosing 2 titles with another official who allegedly despised Liverpool team and he is no longer a referee .
Liverpool were badly treated on the pitch, as for Curtis Jones the young man is a Liverpool fan throughout so he was phased out by the events.
With Doucoure acting unreasonably and naive not realising the outcome that would cause to both sets of fans in the great city of Liverpool.
For their acts should both players attend self emotional control management course and both apologie to the city of Liverpool, because 2 billions fans worldwide preferred to watching the derby game and not the champions League games.
As for the red cards decisions should be reminded and Mr Oliver given a break from officiating because he looked indecisive and stressed all the 98
Minutes, he needs a rest so he comes back fresh and be the best referee again.
Mo
These refs think they are teaching school children. Wtf