David Coote's VAR Liverpool blunders RANKED

[@TheRedPressLFC]

Should David Coote lose his job as a Premier League referee?

[@robertsmith3672]

He should get severely punished but we know that won't happen

[@TheRealXoph]

Absolutely

[@jimflan1712]

@@robertsmith3672 I think it will. IF it comes out that the video has in some way been faked, he will still be punished and the lingering suspicion will probably reduce his career to lower leagues. But if the video is shown to be legit, then he is a complete goner, and cannot referee a professional game again.

[@leolovetoparty]

Yes, happy to see him ref in the Championship and "abroad"...

[@TheRealXoph]

Better yet in Greece where the beat up refs for foolish decisions.

[@donyiiovanni]

The Doku Karate kick on Macca was Coote as well I believe

[@jimbo6059]

I do believe he did also say he hated Scousers too in that piece. So red and blue alike should take aim for him at that.

[@aronthomas8018]

To be fair. The guy recording said the scousers bit right at the end.

[@neilhallberg1784]

I'm a lp fan not scouse and im incensed. Bang on m8. .

[@jimflan1712]

@@aronthomas8018 Yeah, I think that's right, but wasn;t Coote smiling and nodding in agreement ? (Difficult to be sure, cos I think they were both out of their bonces.)

[@aronthomas8018]

@@jimflan1712I’d have to look again, I think the camera was on his mate when he said it. I don’t know if he was smiling after the camera was back on him. He didn’t correct him either way.

[@stevemarshall3481]

He can never ref a game in the prem again, every dodgy decision will be seen as match fixing 🤷‍♂️

[@billpugh58]

Dont be so woke

[@theredmen1093]

Ever since VAR started the standard of referring has been abysmal. 😏😏😏

[@umesh-3010]

Why do we need VAR and pay those incompetent Ref to analyse those decision when we already have live TV broadcasting around and they can a split decision within second. Those VAR ref get paid for those incompetent decisions.

[@abdirashiid3571]

If this guy comeback to Premier league again and officiate a Premier league game then it is the PGMOL who are the ones that masterminding all the bais actions that the referees do to our innocent clubs. That is it.

[@xhowitisx]

Send him away to ref in Germany

[@jimflan1712]

🤣

[@leolovetoparty]

🤣

[@billpugh58]

Where the most clubs are owned by fans? hahahahahah the EPL is a business hahahahaha get a grip and dont be so woke

[@xhowitisx]

​@@billpugh58Don't be such a troll. The grown ups here know there's a serious problem, it's not just about Liverpool. I'm very much anti-woke fyi

[@PROFESSOR_BUTTER]

Send him to Prison FC

[@sidavies6625]

Imagine abusing a city of people that honestly don't give a f and are known for victim retribution. The whole game is corrupt, stop dressing it up. How many wrong calls did we get last season, yeah, top of that list. Anyone seen the Stanley

[@TheRedPressLFC]

Every fan believes that there is corruption against their team. There isn't.

[@Jeff-q4u]

I agree, mate. The corruption in this country is bewildering. We have clubs that are owned by countries 🤷, wtf! Rich countries, not great on civil rights and freedoms countries, like NOT GOOD countries. We have tv rights going for a BILLION pounds....but what do we get for that? We still have 3°clock black out on a Saturday! If you want to watch the Premier league you have to live in a country that ISN'T Britain!! What is that money for? Where does it come from and who does it go to? And why are Premier league referees like Michael Oliver working in the middle east? You know.....where the owners of some of the clubs are 🤔 The standard of journalism in this country allows for this 🐂💩. Maybe the reason why so many clubs feel victims is because there is no consistency and bizarre decisions that don't make sense. It all makes a difference if you take 2 points off one team and allow another to gain a point by getting an equaliser. It does matter. Every point matters when there's only one in it by the end.

[@TWW-zk9gw]

He's obviously drunk but i reckon on something a little bit stronger as well

[@CharlesDriver-hj4xp]

What no mention of salah getting pushed down and coote saying it was ok come on he's garbage

[@allanlindsay8369]

Coote's comments are seriously worrying, most especially for Liverpool FC, for in his anti-Liverpool tirade he says " . . .WE all hate Scousers . . ." who is the "WE" he's referring to, the rest of his buddies, ergo the rest of the Prem officials? That needs to be ascertained by putting him under some serious pressure, for who else could he be referring to? Also if he said that about say any ethnic group, Starmer would have him behind bars right now, but because it's Scousers he gets a walk-over, the whole system stinks from top to bottom. We shouldn't allow this to be glossed over, or brushed under any carpet. Reply

[@TheRedPressLFC]

In fairness, he doesn't say anything about Scousers himself, that's the other guy. He does use derogatory language in relation to Klopp being German though, and for that reason alone he should not be refereeing in the Premier League ever again.

[@richardcarlow6146]

@@TheRedPressLFChe does say WE think Milner is alright (paraphrasing)...who is WE?

[@TheRedPressLFC]

He says: "Milner's alright, I get on with Mil..." then the other guy says: "James Milner, he gets on with James Milner" I'm all for this guy losing his job as a Premier League ref, but it's important to be accurate here.

[@richardcarlow6146]

@@TheRedPressLFC Fair enough, I thought he said "Milner's is alright, we get on..."

[@JPayne95]

There is no need for embellishment, hes already done and said enough to lose his job and have independant review of the pgmol as a whole ​@richardcarlow6146

[@alezandercorben4122]

The VVD injury was troubling, A foul was committed after an offside so the foul did not count. So i could break a players legs if I wanted to as long as it’s off side first and nothing will happen to me. (not that I would do such a thing)

[@alezandercorben4122]

The offside call, the line is not even straight inline with the rest of the lines on the pitch.

[@intellectual_honesty5961]

You're not appreciating the psychological affect that a win against your rivals would make. For example, beating Arsenal at Anfield would have given us a boost to probably win a lot more games.. and maybe it would have had a negative effect on Arsenal and City seeing us win the game and go clear. That game, Diaz goal vs Spurs, and the pen for Doku's kick against MacAlister are title-swinging mistakes from referees.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

I do think we could have went on more of a run for sure, but we were also pushing our luck a lot last season and in balance, I don't think we had enough in the tank to go on and win the league ahead of City.

[@intellectual_honesty5961]

@@TheRedPressLFC It's true that we pushed our luck in so much as we overcame a horrendous injury crisis and won games on spirit/energy, some in the last minute and once due to a poor ref decision (Forest away; although a goal was scored nearly a minute later, not directly from the bad call). Personally, I think the title went when we didn't beat City at Anfield. That McAlister penalty denial was the moment the title went. It would have replenished the tank that was running empty and City would have been very deflated. I notice Arne Slot has referred back to that moment a few times in his own pressers, when talking about fine margins (that and the Son chance). If we had won against City, we'd have gone some points clear of them, and they were playing Arsenal the following week, in game they felt they could now draw. That draw wouldn't have been good enough for them had we won the previous week. They may have had to chase for the win, and left the back door open for another defeat. 2 defeats in a row to rivals would have knocked their confidence. It may have even led to Arsenal winning the league instead. Like I said, some of these mistakes were the fine margins between winning and losing a title (for more than one team, not just us). That's why I am not surprised we are challenging for the title this season, because the squad is/was good enough to win it last year (even when City had Rodri). It's just that we lacked a bit of luck (or good refereeing decisions) at the crucial moments in the run-in.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

@@intellectual_honesty5961 Agreed. I also think that the development of those midfielders is a year on and that version of the team is more mature, and better. That Mac Allister moment was huge. I think the Liverpool v City matches at Anfield are always very telling about the title race. Pep changes his approach in that fixture more than any other. If we win against Southampton, it turns into a must win game for City. We've seen him play for a draw here in the past, he can't afford to do that this time, and an open game suits us better.

[@intellectual_honesty5961]

@@TheRedPressLFC Yes, I agree. And if Walker is truly on the decline now, then an open game is terrible for them, as he's usually their ace in the hole when it comes to defending our pace on the counter. He's stopped many a counter attack with his recovery speed, as we saw with Diaz's rushed finishes under pressure when clean through last season.

[@MrIrishscouse]

​@@TheRedPressLFC But the decisions in the examples cited in the comment you replied to cost a total of 7 points. I know that leaves a 2 point deficit in the final reckoning but if those outcomes had gone in Liverpool's favour, city might have dropped points in games they won. I admit in the final reckoning it's a counterfactual scenario I'm positing here but David Coote was a VAR official in the Arsenal and city games, and now this footage emerges of his crass comments. As a columnist in one of the broadsheet papers said today, why would you give the benefit of the doubt to referees if your team has been discommoded by contentious decisions they make?

[@brianollerton3027]

A more balanced review than others I've heard. Statistically speaking, I don't think there is more than a typical level of bad decisions from him compared with those be has made against other teams... I would likely have thought differently though had this been Paul Tierney (as the stats do suggest something more sinister)

[@philipmedo7427]

Is David coote a Manu fan?🤔

[@TheRealXoph]

Notts County

[@gk2811]

@@TheRealXoph FYI, that is what he claims. Who’d believe him?

[@AJ197-le6zy]

@@gk2811Grow up.

[@gk2811]

@@AJ197-le6zy Grow up.

[@marcusmurphy1481]

@@gk2811 Now let me think, if I was involved in corruption, I sure would be happy to see a community that is absolutely adamant that there could not possibly be any corruption and ridicules anyone who suggests that they suspect there might be corruption as childish. Of course there has never been any corruption in football or involving match officials before has there!

[@Ged-pi6pe]

I think the ref is a fool to be caught on tape talking shite but I don't think he is corrupt. He looked like he was off his face on drink or drugs.

[@jimflan1712]

I am getting really fed up with people, including the guy in this video, saying that the critical thing in their mind was not his views, but that he was stupid/arrogant enough to put it onto video. I disagree 100% with such views. The issue most definitely is a referee having and stating such views. Putting it to video is irrelevant from that perspective (it simply means we are now aware, and have evidence to take action). For any referee to bear such views - in particular the comments about Germans and Scousers were just awful. It goes without saying that there is now also some credibility to saying there was maybe a dark motive behind some of the bad decisions, rather than just incompetence. I would be OK with a ref saying Klopp was not his fave person, but all the c***t overlay was nasty, and the Scousers and German stuff just smacked of prejudice. Apart from that, I thought the video narrator otherwise did a really good job of being fair, balanced and objective.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

Thanks for watching. I think realistically, all referees will have varying opinions about different managers, and that has the possibility to impact on different decisions. They can try and put that aside and be professional, but they are human beings at the end of the day. Getting carried away and stating this stuff in this way is a step too far.

[@asadashraf2128]

🤖 We can trust all our Referees, Police, and Politicians are all incorruptible 🤖

[@PetterVessel]

Hahaha

[@ThomasBuckley-v7d]

Totally agree

[@coletteholgate5599]

Spot on mate

[@philrobinson3110]

Liverpool fan since 1964 but I do try to be objective. My opinion is Cootes has been as fair to us as to any other team. Of course he can’t ref in premier league again but I don’t believe he’s corrupt.

[@SA-ti2jt]

So…. This is not prove of biases? Wait till you get a ref do this against your team

[@AJ197-le6zy]

@@SA-ti2jt No, it isn’t ’proof of bias’. If you think it is, you need to go back to school and learn what the word ‘proof’ means.

[@gravyboat2370]

Is their any videos of his decisions that favoured Liverpool

[@kevthered4972]

Sorry mate, but as we now know, these weren't blunders!

[@AJ197-le6zy]

@@kevthered4972 oh grow up

[@cosmos7492]

Sack the Coote and make him sign on in Liverpool

[@niallsheehan474]

Var should be three people voting 2/3 independent of each othe😅r

[@johnpatterson6448]

The foul on Mo in the recent Villa game is the clearest foul I have seen in my life. It’s not that he played the advantage; he signalled ‘no foul’. That alone - without any of the other stuff - calls into question his competence. Combined with the video, it calls into question his impartiality. Relegate him to the championship. Never again premiership, because we know he holds onto a grudge

[@Creevster]

No room for David Coote

[@mikestan6064]

You are correct

[@georgeemanson]

We need to lobby out MP's that some independent review of this needs to be done & legislation to stop this happening again. All clubs are affected.

[@thomasbonner8464]

Diaz, Jackson, Pickford, Odegaard, Rodri, Doku. And you don’t think there’s corruption?? You’re obviously an Everton fan.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

Feel free to post any evidence of this corruption here.

[@thomasbonner8464]

@ Open your eyes man. These decisions were not even debatable. They were inexplicable without corruption. Open your eyes and stop brown nosing your perceived betters.

[@AndyPat239]

he seems very unprofessional. Definitely needs sanctioning

[@imellor711]

I love this, just shows something ODD (or some would say Dodgy) going on since we last won the league. Where the improvements which we fans have been promised. And to response to those protecting Coote & saying that Liverpool fans are Hypocrites, yes, we all use bad language from time to time (sorry mum), sing unforgiving songs to each other fan bases and we've all been annoyed at the time, while what a game due to one individual or another. ......and we all have our own points of view and bias..........However what everyone who protect Coote's actions is MISSING IS, we not dumb enough to record it allow it to go public (idiot) and most of us in the chat, Have no gone public with our own BIASES, we are ARE NOT RESPONIBLE for manage or Referring a game, we CANNOT CHANGE the OUTCOME and most are UNABLE to use similar language within our Jobs . In the real world a decent hight-profile person would admit that they've f@cked up, apologies and quite their job, in order to avoid being sacked, or to save face or protect ourselves from future negative comments!!!

[@ernesttravers829]

I watched Liverpool for a few seasons and two teams obviously paid the referees One manager took off abroad with the police on his tail All the offenders should be in a labour camp This Fella is incredibly stupid

[@duncannguti5156]

Is it that the language his mum teaches him? He should go home and reflect and should not be be allowed in the premiership again!!!!

[@generalzod6740]

I never could get my head around how Pickford wasn't sent off after the assault on VVD. Just looking at Pickford will always make my blood boil. We lost the best defender in the world and he lost his edge. Offside in the build up? So what?! It's assault and he should have been sent off.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

VVD back to his best now though!

[@DavePal-r1v]

Didn’t slag Clive Thomas of for cheating if fact he was praised for his efforts

[@InstigatorDJ]

The Rodri handball that was waved away by Coote literally cost us the league. We lost by one point.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

He wasn't involved in that match, apparently.

[@ste2442]

Another vid of him out now having a stripe .

[@neilpeace7734]

I think that was all fair comment. I can't comment on the punishment it's not really anyone's shout but the people involved. I do think though that there are some really important points arising from this fiasco. Yes, it was a drunken jolly up and should be regarded as mates just joking around for a laugh during a very unfunny period in our history and people were suffering all sorts of brain freezing because of all the suffering and death. My understanding is that he didn't call Liverpool Football Club sh*t he said that they played that which is not the same thing but I can understand the offence fans have taken. Many fans think their own side have played like that if they get beaten maybe badly. I accept that one or two of the decisions were poor especially the handball v Arsenal but I think that was a misread rather than bias. Great observation by some that they are under the scrutiny of cameras so the likelihood of any referee deliberately demonstrating genuine bias is virtually nil. There was a second video in which he said the video was very definitely not for general release. So he acknowledges firstly that it was seriously inappropriate and in doing so, that he knew it would cause major offence or even ruination so whoever leaked that video has betrayed that trust and for me that is actually in some ways more offensive and genuinely disturbing than what was said in the video. There had been some unpleasant exchanges with JK and AR at at least one of the games, maybe ongoing issues, so I suppose you could say he was just letting off steam. Is a referee allowed to do that in private amongst friends or family if he feels he has a genuine grievance? It wasn't all of them he said JM was ok so it wasn't the Club so much it was about certain individuals on a personal level. As far as the possible racism towards a singular German is concerned we know the Scots probably call us worse things than what he said about JK. Is it racism? I think it only becomes that if it's said in public but don't forget a certain Mr. Gascoigne once told the whole of Norway to F off! and was immediately rebuked by Lawrie McMenemy. I don't think Paul was actually feeling hostile towards Norwegians it was just football banter/bravado and a lot of English fans dislike Germans for beating us too often. Unfortunately we know the song "We hate scousers" is very popular amongst many clubs (including Forest fans and where David Coote has his roots). Maybe there was a bit of not being the odd one out at the party going on there. So what I think you have ended up with is a drunken spoof which was only said on the spur of the moment (possibly because of the comical element of him actually being a Prem referee) which was only done for a laugh. If that was the case can you really allow any individual to ruin another person's career if they have proven, over the years, that they are actually a decent sort of referee (despite the feelings about debatable incidents)? Other clubs have accused him of making poor decisions against them when they were playing LIVERPOOL, e.g. Villa who seem to have suggested he'd been biased in Liverpool's favour! I think the only conclusion that should be drawn is that he should choose his mates more carefully lest they lead him astray while drunk and then slaughter him by way of a spiteful swipe or possibly for £££. My gut feeling is that he will be removed from his post but I think a lot will be sympathetic towards him simply because of the scale of that betrayal. Secretly envious of him or was there more to it? Great question at the end, did his 'mates' actually set him up to fail?

[@andrewpeters3424]

Incompetence on a huge scale at least!.. Corruption, maybe!.. Anyway, Get Rid!...

[@grahamhall2219]

What about the two stonewall pens villa shudv had Saturday??????

[@MrIrishscouse]

Cry more. 😄😄

[@wiwalk6611]

All referees ARE FREEMASONS. FREEMASONS FREEMASONS FREEMASONS. They all protect eachother and destroy any outsiders

[@dudemeister9025]

Having refereed a couple of Sunday league games, I know what a pressure cooker environment refereeing is. Especially when you are not a qualified ref and without the right equipment... i.e. a whistle. Therefore, I understand Coote's wanting to let off some steam, I don't like it, but I understand it. However, doing it to camera, do we blame him for being naive or the person who shared it for taking advantage? Don't like the racial undertone either...

[@WillCamx]

Coote, Oliver and Taylor are just crap at their jobs.

[@asadashraf2128]

This is a very poor take

[@michaeltait7145]

It was a stupid thing to do there's no way he can ref in Premier league also to mock people from Liverpool in front of camera wasn't the brightest thing to do

[@huzib.8623]

Do let us know what Team this guy supports.

[@AJ197-le6zy]

@@huzib.8623 Notts County.

[@rogercorreia6292]

Klopp is German so what is the problem with calling him German. I don’t think klopp is worried about being called German. The real problem is that he is a referee that is supposed to be impartial putting this out onto the Internet is a problem. However to be taken seriously I think you need to do a video from that same season where the referee has made decisions in Liverpool’s favour. The ref doesn’t have to like Liverpool to be impartial. As a Liverpool fan I do think that ref decisions have cost us but I have never really looked at things from anything other than a biased opinion as a Liverpool fan.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

There's no problem with calling Klopp a German if he was just being descriptive of his nationality, but that's not what happened. He used an offensive word in conjunction with Klopp's nationality. These are the FA's rules for discriminatory language by supporters. Premier League clubs can be fined between £20-£300,000 for an offence. "These guidelines shall apply where a Club is found in breach of Rule E20.1 in circumstances where the offending conduct, words or behaviour of persons purporting to be its supporters of followers includes *a reference, whether express or implied*, to any one or more of ethnic origin, colour, race, *nationality*, religion or belief, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation or disability) (“Relevant Breach”)."

[@darahdoyle3176]

There is simply no way that the same guy can make so many 'mistakes' against one club. I say bollocks. He's clearly proven an anti Liverpool bias, and this video just proved it. the fact he wasn't even going to give the foul against Salah meant he had no intention of even changing his ways. Coote is a cnut. He deserves sacking. He won't get it though, watch as the farcical pgmol gives him a slap on the wrist and he returns to reffing in a month or so.

[@coletteholgate5599]

And well orated

[@TheRedPressLFC]

Thank you!

[@segineseju464]

Somebody made some questionable calls because of personal bias, you're here defending them. This is the present day UK, making excuses for obvious stupidity & terrorism

[@TheRedPressLFC]

If we're talking obvious stupidity, look no further than your comment.

[@deancoates2467]

its been admitted by retired refs that they have been biased so don't be so naïve,

[@ericthekop9624]

[@Compassion-xv5yl]

Are you an Evertonian?

[@TheRedPressLFC]

I am not.

[@stevenwhite6254]

After party off his head on coke, some random people filmed it, he never knew them

[@johnpatterson6448]

So…..

[@nickelass3017]

This now is old news as he has been seen playing with fairy dust 😂😳😅😂

[@trishacardus9063]

Omg are you for real ???? This is the worst take on this situation I have come across

[@nmarks]

Offensive with an O.

[@onlythetruthformeandyou]

Liverpool fan here and I have to point out that you are too quick to white wash the possibility of corruption. Go study Juventus and Malaysia to understand how wide spread the problem is. You dont have to sit down in a pub to agree on things these days, theres something called telegram and whatsapp. Shame on you.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

Unless there any actual evidence of "corruption", it's not something that should be taken seriously. It's usually just crackpot internet fan nonsense.

[@onlythetruthformeandyou]

@@TheRedPressLFC It is nonsense like what you said that allows the corruption in Juventus and Malaysia to go on for a few decades.

[@andreafloyd1688]

This will be to avoid being sued

[@floydtheboy1948]

He should never referee in England or in the top flight leagues or cups ever again. He can’t be trusted and clearly hates Liverpool so can’t be impartial. There’s too much money and reputation at stake now to let this guy off. Unlucky coote, the refereeing arrogance that all you guys have has come back and bit you on your little skinny ass 😂 good riddance

[@gozitan5]

Corrupt as fk…how do you know where they gather ?

[@TheRedPressLFC]

Let me know where they gather to decide which team they want to win the league. What pub is it?

[@gozitan5]

@ I found the Pub 😆 Knocking Shop Bar..Man City. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpbYho2cfcetsJYsi=_yEtmsfZ2b3sT99P

[@heighwaysonthewing]

it turns out VAR works well & that argument looks like it's wrong , what it is, is bent refs or just this guy being being bent about the interpretation of the play back , so maybe UK born refs are OK but we need people born outside the UK to read the VAR and give the interpretation of it? yes the year we finished 1 point behind City is a strong call , but maybe City could have a had a few bad calls as well that season that cost them points? talk to a city fan about it , but it's not quite that neat depends on other result too and if my aunty had bollox she would be my uncle , so it's not that neat to work out , but yes he should never ref a game anywhere ever again , I wouldn't give him a game in parks football on a Sunday in a local game. it has to be honest or we are all wasting our time what the point the job has to be honest, or we can just get a fan to do it it, the game is over if ref is not honest ,it's like getting a pilot who can't fly a plane it's fundamental to the job , a proven whiff of bias your out every time. and maybe we got some results that went our way and shouldn't ? so it's not static or cities games everything is relevant in a cold 2 D way yes maybe but it's not easy to pint point off one game .

[@joblogs542]

Lad of course its corruption Jordan prickford new what he done and was instantly a red card pluss pen are you blind bro is gary neville ye step bro lol

[@northred4930]

Wow your Niave

[@JKkkkdddffrr]

Get out

[@pierre3903]

I remember he made alot of 50/50 calls go Liverpools way. Show us those

[@TheRedPressLFC]

I'm not doing your homework for you, mate.

[@timward5194]

You’ve conveniently forgot the numerous ‘errors’ that have gone in Liverpool’s favour.. Funny that?

[@TheRedPressLFC]

Feel free to list them.

[@timward5194]

@ Well start with this season.. Szobaslai avoids red after kicking ball away whilst already in a yellow against Notts Forest Liverpool get away with conceding a goal against arsenal which would have meant a 3-2 loss because Szobaslai decides not to jump for a ball. VVD lashing out at Havertz. Obvious red card. VVD obvious holding a player v Crystal Palace. Nailed on pen. Diaz kicked ball away after Saka fouled by McAllister.. no yellow Konate cleaning out Ollie Watkins. Obvious penalty not given. Gravenberch stamps on Pal Torres foot. No pen given and Salah goes up the other end and scores.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

You've given a list of subjective calls and a fundamental misunderstanding of the rules surrounding kicking the ball away, None of these incidents involve a match official who has shown clear bias for or against any Premier League clubs. This isn't about partisan support of a particular club. This incident with Coote should concern all football fans. *Szobaslai avoids red after kicking ball away whilst already in a yellow against Notts Forest* Could have deserved a yellow, but ultimately he's not delaying the start of the replay, which is what the law of the game is. People assume it's just kicking the ball away, which it isn't. *Liverpool get away with conceding a goal against arsenal which would have meant a 3-2 loss because Szobaslai decides not to jump for a ball.* It was a clear foul, given in every match every weekend. If it's not called for a foul the goal would have been disallowed for handball anyway. *VVD lashing out at Havertz. Obvious red card.* Personally, I think he should have got punished here. Should have got a yellow and both players spoken to. It's not a a red card offence. *VVD obvious holding a player v Crystal Palace. Nailed on pen.* Nope. Dozens of similar incidents every weekend. None are given as pens. *Diaz kicked ball away after Saka fouled by McAllister.. no yellow* Once again, the restart hasn't been delayed. People getting angry here do not know the rule. *Konate cleaning out Ollie Watkins. Obvious penalty not given.* It wasn't a pen, imo. You might think otherwise, but either way it's a subjective call. I thought it was a great challenge. *Gravenberch stamps on Pal Torres foot. No pen given and Salah goes up the other end and scores.* Torres makes the contact, not Gravenberch. I get some things are objective, but there's no reasonable case here.

[@TheRedPressLFC]

In addition, I think incidents like the VVD v Palace one *should* be fouls, but right now, under these laws, they're not.

[@torbenKvist]

@@timward5194 Interference / moving a ball is very inconsistantly given a yellow - agree. Holding is also quite inconsistantly resulting in a foul.

[@WilliamKenny-g6g]

His performances and all refs are scrutinised after every game . Just because he said he didn't like him doesn't mean he can't be impartial . Not every ref likes every team they come across. An opinion is like an asshole everybody has 1 . He just made his public knowledge with a few beers in him . But be guaranteed most refs have opinions similar to his about a few teams . Mountain out of a molehill

[@grahamhall2219]

What about the two stonewall pens villa shudv had Saturday??????