Liverpool’s win had nothing to do with Oliver’s performance so suck it up unfortunately.
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I disagree , there are a couple promising newer refs right now.
Anyone complaining about referees should have seen the match between Viking and Brann in the norwegian League yesterday. Quite possibly the worst from a ref, I have seen in recent years (possibly the Chelsea win against Cardiff was worse)
Brann should have had 3 penalties - referee afterwards admitted to getting 2 of them wrong. But every expert thought the third one was a penalty as well. In addition one of the Viking-players somehow escaped a second yellow with 25 minutes left to play.
Just to make matters worse - Viking won by 2-1 !
Brann should have had 3 penalties - referee afterwards admitted to getting 2 of them wrong. But every expert thought the third one was a penalty as well. In addition one of the Viking-players somehow escaped a second yellow with 25 minutes left to play.
Just to make matters worse - Viking won by 2-1 !
One thing I noticed especially today is his positioning is shocking. He at times can be standing too many times in front of potential passes for both teams. He needs to move his ass out the way.
Blatant penalty on Bernardo Silva not awarded there.
Clown of a referee.
Clown of a referee.
I don’t know how anyone rates him — he’s woeful.
Just wanted to go through the game without having to make any decisions, then handed out some token yellows in the 85th so that nobody’s wondering how a tough game went by without any yellows. Bunch of through the back tackles just let go, wild slides went by without yellows etc.
Yeah he’s wildly inconsistent.
'Best ref in the league' 
Why didn't he booked Walker for that dive near the end? And Sterling should of been booked earlier as well. And there was the Walker handball..
So that's two penalties he missed in that game?
You’d need a whole new term for Oliver.
This being the referee who sent Di Maria off for grabbing his back, but allowed Joe Hart to shout in his face and headbutt him, without even a warning
He's the definition of a deer in headlights.
He helps the team that is winning to waste time.
The term cnut already exists.
Didn't give a possible 2 pens against City. Seems like a good performance to me.
Why the hell is he always put on the most important games?? It's not good for anyone or anything that one ref is automatic choice for the most pressured situations..
Liverpool 3:1 Man City
Pep wanted to kill him at full time
This is why kids need to be more inclusive at school. Otherwise that kid that was never picked for the school team and always told to feck off when he tried to join in a game in the playground will devote his entire existence to ruining the game for everyone else.
The problem isn't Oliver, everyone and their grandma knows he's dogshhit ref, it's the EFA that keeps giving him officiating job for high profile games.
Terrible ref. He is Liverpools version of Howard Webb.
Still hate his face
He is a twat, cant stand him
Hes awful. You know he spends at least an hour in front of the mirror before a game getting his hair ready for the TV screens.
He was in an excellent position to see the handball. How he missed it i am not sure.
And if that is not a clear and obvious error for VAR to intervene, i don't know what is.
And if that is not a clear and obvious error for VAR to intervene, i don't know what is.
Which hand ball was that? Silvas or Arnold’s?
He is the yan to Martin Atkinson's yin. He is a very good ref who occasionally misses things but which ref doesn't? Atkinson is just a malicious cheat.
It's not clear and it would be good to get a former refs explanation (given current refs organisation would never consider it), but....
If Silva's handball was accidental : it wasn't creating a goal scoring opportunity so I think, doesn't get given under new rules. So you'd move to the next one = penalty.
If Silva's handball is deemed deliberate, it's a free-kick to Liverpool and game should have stopped.
The official line after the game was announced as Arnold's handball didn't meet the current requirements. On that basis, they're implying that Silva's wasn't the issue.
VAR getting the blame but Oliver couldnt be in a better position to see it.
It doesnt really matter if VAR thought it was a pen or not if Oliver stands by his decision.
It doesnt really matter if VAR thought it was a pen or not if Oliver stands by his decision.
Oliver could see the blatant penalties so don't blame Var.
I think he's bottled it waiting for the VAR to intervene, then the VAR doesn't want to intervene cos it doesnt want to undermine Oliver. A real mess
He is a massive gimp of a human.
I honestly think he stood by his decision which is admirable in a way.
I mixed the dogs wet and dry food with the same spoon I then used for my crunchy nut granola this morning. It was a mistake but nevertheless I stand by my decision, which is admirable in a way.
I think he needs to spend more time than an hour if that's the case.
This.
That’s not how it works though. If Trents hand ball is deemed to be a pen, then Silvas hand ball clearly created a goal scoring opportunity, meaning Liverpool should have a free kick.
If Trents hand ball is accepted as a close range deflection and no pen, Silvas hand ball is not punishable, and you should play on.
You can argue for both, but there is simply no way it’s a pen.
The first is apparently not argued by PGMOL. According to MOTD they specifically ruled it out. They're arguing the second one - ie a close range deflection. Problem with this is it is absolutely arguable and blatantly poor reasoning. Silva was 25 feet away and TAA clearly moved his arm towards the ball, making himself bigger in the process.
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Hes definitely a scouser
They are not arguing the first one because the second one was not deemed punishable. If it was, they would have to include the first one, and award Liverpool a fk.