"You Need A Rest Mate!" Keith Hackett INSISTS Michael Oliver Should MISS Next 2 Games!

[@TJW-YT]

It was “instant” because he wanted to send an Arsenal player off. He did it with Trossard this season too for kicking the ball away less than a second after the whistle had blown and I believe he was also the ref that gave Martinelli a double booking against wolves a few years ago too. I’m a Liverpool fan, so this isn’t coming from someone that thinks there’s some specific agenda against Arsenal, but it’s clear Oliver has an issue with them and shouldn’t be on their games anymore. After everything that happened with Coote I refuse to accept that refs don’t have a bias against certain clubs, regardless of what the PGMOL says. Problem is even if he’s struck off it doesn’t mean anything. They sacked Lee Mason for forgetting to draw the lines in the Brentford/Arsenal game a few years ago and he got appointed to a position to train refs less than 6 months later. Imagine getting sacked for being so bad at your job they have no choice but to get rid of you, then having them ask you to train new people to do that same job they thought you were incompetent at. It’s comical.

[@adrianjacobs5444]

The game has gone. After what Coot said about klopp and Liverpool we all know humanity has biases. And for the PGMOL are extremely arrogant to claim it doesn't exist in football. Are ref's not humans because humans are not perfect are can actually make mistakes sometimes.

[@Belahungn]

That's what I call fairness! Thank you from an Arsenal fan!

[@kritikal1993]

I don’t believe you’re a Liverpool fan. You’re intelligent

[@jaypower9685]

Newcastle fan here .. was talking about this weeks ago with a friend who supports arsenal .. I agree he needs investigating

[@shinkansenshinkansend8316]

It was him who sent off Tomiyasu with 2 yellows in 10 seconds as well. And he didn't send off Kovacic at Emirates when both of his challenges were far worse than the MLS foul yesterday. But when it was a Citeh player offending, Oliver 'didn't want to spoil the game'. That's not his decision, he's there to apply the rules.

[@JackSmith-fb7je]

A rest? He needs investigating.

[@surabaya5927]

I don't disagree with you, but investigated by whom? The PGMOL? I think you agree if I say that would be a waste of time. Now, I am not a legal expert, but is there even a possibility to take him to civil court? Is there a higher instance in the PL or the FA which could proceed with such a case?

[@Dollarg1-j3g]

Why not have a investigation about the referees helping Liverpool. Stop telling nonsense

[@fitzjafaru7107]

Harsh!

[@MrScaramoosh]

Corruption in sport and government.

[@markcorbin5670]

He probably meant " He needs a-rresting ..." 😂

[@Faline68]

Howard Webb won't do anything because the PGMOL is a fraternity

[@michaelwallden7261]

your head in the sand and be negative...just as the rest of arsenal fans

[@GB-fk7eq]

Spot on. Absolute frat

[@monarkjain613]

​@@michaelwallden7261 what are you on about? It is against every club and VAR is essentially useless because its mates backing each other up by using the "clear and obvious" rule to escape any blame. It's so blatant it's unbelievable.

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@michaelwallden7261 It's not about being an Arsenal fan tho. The refs have screwed over a number of clubs. Get rid of your bias and get your head out of your @rse.

[@mehallica666]

It isn't an impartial organisation, it's a clique of mates watching each other's backs.

[@HåkonOdinsson]

Only one word I’d use: corruption

[@Henry-to6yz]

Everyone else in denial claims "incompetence". If only.

[@HåkonOdinsson]

@ yeah, if only. Too much of a pattern with him (for example), and if it was incompetence, you’d wonder why nothing was done about it still. VAR wasn’t brought in to help the game, it was brought in to manipulate it. Money is destroying the game

[@Ejub.m]

@@HåkonOdinsson trust me its corruption. I actually think he can do the right calls but he choses not to! Because of corruption

[@HåkonOdinsson]

@@Ejub.m yeah, it’s the only logical explanation. He is human, yes, and we make mistakes…but, as he is backed up by technology, VAR, and STILL things happen…as I said, the only logical explanation is corruption

[@findingaether]

I feel we should allow him to ref in UAE... and never come back to EPL😊

[@StewartAndrews-n9s]

Why don't City have controversial decisions against them

[@GrahamGibbins]

They got 130 controversial decisions coming there way. God willing

[@clario2178]

Man City commit this foul every game ,never given a red card mmmm

[@Sparkl5466]

Arsenal have lost out on the title by a few points two years running, refs cost them at least 6 points each season. They're literally deciding who wins the league.

[@surabaya5927]

​@@GrahamGibbins You're an optimist. And I say that with the utmost respect

[@GrahamGibbins]

@@Sparkl5466 but arsenal are also guilty of throwing away easily winnable games, so refs might be giving city an advantage, but not deciding the league.

[@Clifford1957]

How anyone cant see that Oliver has a agenda against Arsenal come on it's nailed on.

[@Jimbo_9]

Hes the same when reffing United.

[@Slim2Flo]

@@Jimbo_9no he is not. Mate look at the stats. Oliver has given arsenal 8 reds. Liverpool and city combined he has given 1 red! Zero to city!

[@annewalden3795]

​@@Slim2FloIt is obvious that Arsenal are not a dirty team and Arteta must be sick and tired of this unjust treatment .Arsenal might consider legal action against Oliver and his colleagues if this is not sorted out promptly.

[@Biff_wellington]

@@Slim2Flo he’s absolutely the same with United the amount of nonsense pens he’s given against us is ridiculous.

[@Mashedpotato334]

Was it not Oliver that didn’t give the penalty for Liverpool when doku kicked mcallister in the chest last season?

[@mort1122]

He’s on city’s books

[@greenweather8949]

and he's a Newcastle supporter. He wore their shirt. With 2 match suspension, Skelly will miss the Carabao Cup

[@harukrentz435]

​@@greenweather8949 no wonder he loves the arabs money

[@MrSupasheva]

Darren England was also on VAR for the Spurs Liverpool game last season. Yes. That one.

[@philipmarsden7104]

Just after a quick trip to the UAE, if I remember correctly.

[@KopJustin]

Someone notice there is no VAR controversy regarding City games ever ..

[@stevenhaas9622]

@@KopJustin none that hurt city at least. There was that ridiculous rodri handball against everton that wasn't given that effectively gave city the title three seasons ago.

[@KopJustin]

@@stevenhaas9622 As an LFC fan am well too aware mate. For years we have seen nothing going against City that resulted in point loss or some mainstream controversy ..its always the reverse - them gaining instead. Yet we are told VAR is a leveller

[@fabienb]

And Oliver was the one who decided Doku had the rights to kung-fu MacAllister

[@mowalid14]

This same Michael Oliver let kovacic off for 2 stonewall red cards for the spirit of the game but is more than happy to make rules up for the martinelli and Lewis-skelly reds. Put ur Arsenal agendas aside let’s use common sense

[@radonspace2098]

and Trossard against City this season.

[@Ps_Arnold]

I have been saying exact same thing. Let's not forget Jao Gomes made a worse challenge than MLS and got a YELLOW.... Only sent off cause it was a second yellow

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@@Ps_ArnoldThis Rigt Here!

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

Michael Oliver should never be scheduled to referee Arsenal any time soon.

[@dveryblueblood]

Ever again

[@terrencechristopher7031]

Never again in life and never in the PL

[@martynsmith8120]

EVER.

[@ryanbyrne1497]

He will be on the city arsenal game next week knowing webb

[@terrencechristopher7031]

@ryanbyrne1497 you know it, i smell a rat😩

[@rickydawson7388]

Thank you for cutting Mr. Hackett off when he began to speak about the referee's track record against Arsenal. Does Talk Sport work for the PGMOL?

[@phteven9610]

Yeah that was so sus... Also happened when Simon wanted to make the same point... Seems like this is making a lot of people in the media uncomfortable. Maybe there is some truth to it?

[@dgoodk5792]

They say error. I see a pattern of behavior. How can he give 9 red cards to arsenal over the years double any other team and zero to city.

[@liwilelilungwe858]

I remember city playing liver last season in injury time, duku kicking Mac alister in a penalty area and , no card or penalty was given to city. Michael Oliver was the referee. That day Liverpool was daylight robbed and they were still in a title race

[@JamesLenehan-e6z]

He's just useless, and always has been. Retire him

[@JohnnyMc5]

So what’s the explanation to the odegard handball at anfield then? You know seen as tho you see a pattern

[@lkn3526]

This is just all arsenal fans crying. How can your team get more red cards than anyone else? How about that stat?

[@dgoodk5792]

@@lkn3526 how is it that Oliver gives Arsenal red cards twice as often as any other team and most of them are decisions we never saw before or see since. If you look at the pure stats its alarming.

[@nelsonegwakhe8318]

A man with the balls👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@terrypage358]

Howard Webb protected Oliver's decision not to give a red card to kovakic for his dangerous tackles last year by saying "he didn't think it was necessary to ruin the game" what the hell will be his excuse for the red card yesterday I wonder?

[@kleec495]

The excuse is Arsenal was too dominant in the first half, so perhaps a red card could help to make the game more exciting.

[@BeatRoot14]

And said nothing about that when trossard and Rice were sent off without a second's thought for nothing. The refs are a joke

[@terrypage358]

@@kleec495 I personally reckon Oliver was trying to get a player banned for the man city game. He was fuming when he had no choice to send Gomes off but was so quick to send off mls

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@@terrypage358The Gomes second yellow was a 'straight red' all day long.

[@mehallica666]

@@terrypage358 He'd also be banned for the cup game against his own club - Newcastle.

[@mahamadoutraore1077]

With Oliver as referee, VAR would not get involved. They would support whatever the heck Oliver does on the pitch

[@RGSMANIA]

I can absolutely understand Darren England not changing the call, he's been dodgy on VAR every time I've seen him on var. Micheal Oliver is obviously bias against arsenal. He was so quick to get that card out, he was as he always is with arsenal looking for an excuse to send him off. I can think of 5 dodgy reds he's given Arsenal off the top of my head. 0 reds for man city in 50 games and yet I can think of literally 4-5 straight red challenges man city players have made JUST in the games against arsenal. That isn't happening by chance it's clear and obvious bias.

[@Afro-sport94]

Kovacic and Doku deserved red cards. But they're City.😊

[@Biff_wellington]

It’s not just arsenal he hates United too

[@Slim2Flo]

@@Biff_wellingtonmate united dont even have half the red cards that oliver has given arsenal. 8 reds to arsenal and the second most reds is everton with 3. City 0 red cards and Liverpool 1 red card. Oliver is corrupt.

[@leandrosliasides6212]

20k for reffing Charoty Matches in Abu Dahbi has everything to do with the bias lol 😅

[@mrsam3267]

Micheal Oliver Deserves Every Hate and Attack He is Getting.. That Guy Is As Corrupt As They Come.. I Remember Him In The Madrid Vs Juventus Champions League He Was Also Very Atrocious.. Dude Has It In For Arsenal And Should Never Ever Officiate An Arsenal Game Again

[@douglasstephens5015]

Why don’t the media address the fact he gets paid by Man City owners to ref games in Saudi????? The elephant is in the room so have a debate about it!

[@denisako6493]

How does that benefit city??

[@UrBulletsTickleYT]

​@@denisako6493Are u kidding? Kovacic last season v Arsenal?

[@uzesgooner2336]

Exactly. Clear conflict of interest. We need foreign officials and not these current idiots

[@denisako6493]

@UrBulletsTickleYT yeah what does this decision have to do with city. I thought arsenal was competing with Liverpool for the title.

[@serenitypeace7435]

Michael Oliver made an incorrect decision and should have been overruled by his VAR colleagues. Not with sanding, he has made numerous questionable dismissals of Arsenal players over the years and that must seriously be looked into as it has cost arsenal many points over the years and continues to adversely affect their ambitions. Your comment regarding Michael Oliver, and his links to Saudi Arabia just doesn’t add up as Manchester city is not owned by Saudi Arabians. Manchester City Football Club is primarily owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Emirati royal from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He acquired the club in 2008 through the Abu Dhabi United Group.  The club is part of the City Football Group (CFG), a global network of football clubs. CFG’s ownership structure includes: • Abu Dhabi United Group: Holds an 81% stake. • Silver Lake: An American private equity firm with an 18% stake. • China Media Capital and CITIC Capital: Chinese firms collectively owning 1%. The majority ownership by the Abu Dhabi United Group underscores the club’s strong connections to Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates.

[@RGSMANIA]

I would usually agree that this is VAR fault for not correcting it but Oliver is so quick to show reds to arsenal. so much more than anyone else, that I can't see how he doesn't shoulder responsibility. His obvious bias is why that call is made, he should just never ref another Arsenal game. He is a Newcastle fan after all and he's got a player suspended for us against the team he supports.

[@jamalj2259]

The way he rushed to give the red card makes me very suspicious that this is a personal rather than a mistake. This ref hates Arsenal and it's now obvious

[@Balleyer_gooner]

Well said about time oliver got called out

[@gregglamb3105]

Bring in international referees and a complete overhaul of VAR.

[@nathanthompson8652]

Refere AI, even better

[@Dukestar3000]

He couldn't WAIT to pull that red out! It was his first instinct. His first thought. It was almost like he was waiting for something he could give a red for.

[@JagK18]

This is not a poor decision, it is a deliberate decision against Arsenal. He has an agenda against Arsenal, period.

[@Catchandpin]

PGMOL silencing managers and players in the name of “we need referees” is just as big of a problem. The standard of refereeing is in free fall across the board and it’s about time Webb took responsibility

[@onecallroofguttering4988]

“It’s either corruption or incompetence! And no body can be incompetent that many times!”

[@alexkcchung]

Incompetence is a personal quality that doesn't change when you are officiating different teams...

[@harryrob8221]

It can't be incompetence if it is always against one team.

[@Steve-uf8pk]

A conscious dicision was made at PGMOL last season after Arteta described the referees association as disgraceful, that they would prevent Arsenal from winning any domestic silverware going forward…….

[@annewalden3795]

@@Steve-uf8pk Who by ? What is PG MOL ?

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

We do have a major problem. They never admit wrong no matter what.

[@jaxcoss5790]

No, they dont.

[@vetpara]

Michael Oliver and Howard Webb's running of the PGMOL has been absolutely disgraceful. PGMOL have cost fans a title race this year. Give Howard Webb a medal!

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

When I saw Michael oliver was reffing the game i put £100 on a red card in the game 😂😂😂😂😂

[@benjamindadzie9657]

Really?😂😂

[@Leehuss5582]

This has happened to Arsenal to damn many times, why don't people see this has obviously fishy

[@powerking23]

Just look at the one he got terribly wrong last season when failed to send Kovacic off for a second yellow which was twice the challenge Lewis-Skelly done, Oliver just waved it away!

[@curiousone9364]

Michael Oliver has always been anti arsenal. It's not just this game. It's about time he's barred from reffing any matches involving the club

[@davidbenson5924]

Kavanagh as well.

[@jron20r51]

Sure looks like you are right

[@butchburns9106]

If Micheal Oliver is Englands top ref its no wonder the premiere league is under scrutiny

[@DjBirdmanOfficial]

He does it all the time against Arsenal for the last 4 years. There's some incident in every game and when opposition fans can see it now, there's a problem

[@davidbenson5924]

Oliver really understands what his doing,he's harassing Arsenal & why is he allowed to do that always,something must be wrong behind.

[@Ad-wu8te]

Seriously fair play to Keith! Even he and Mike Dean are calling it out. But you just watch Jim White and Simon Jordan do their utmost best to defend it the decision tomorrow. I’m not even joking that particular ref needs investigating, definitely bent. Watch the Kovacic incidents last season and try to convince yourself he isn’t.

[@cplcummins]

Haven't seen this level of bias since Mike Reilly with man utd.. The fact VAR actually backed him up is worse...

[@Reyesthesoulful]

Bring this man back to help fix this biassed and corrupt system.

[@Elite_Alpha_Male]

3:19 look at the Wolves player. They know it's shocking, everyone knows it shocking 😲 giving a 17 yrs old footballer a red for a trip, players entering their football career, seeing a trip is a red 😳 football is done‼️

[@redmed10]

Why did the arsenal player trip him?

[@troytheboy1985]

@@redmed10 to allow arsenal to set back in, you think last man is 80 bloody yards away from goal, seek god.

[@Qlicky]

@@redmed10 Why are you commenting on something you know nothing about?

[@benjamindadzie9657]

😂😂😂 are you expecting good answer?​@@redmed10

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@@redmed10Have you ever heard of a 'tactical foul'? Jesus wept...... 🙄🙄🙄

[@matthewsnyder7935]

Oliver wouldn't call and say var let him down, they did exactly what he wants them to. He hates Arsenal. His record speaks for itself.

[@fabienb]

Michael Oliver 1) is a die-hard Newcastle fan 2) received money from the Man City owners, which has forever undermined any trust in him. For these 2 simple reasons, Oliver should never be appointed to officiate any game involving clubs in the top half of the table. He is “the best ref”? Great, the clubs fighting for relegation need that too.

[@sbmasonator]

The only way Howard Webb would do anything is if he actually cared about the integrity of the game as his paramount concern. He doesn't. He cares about the integrity of PGMOL first, and everything else a distant second...including the integrity of our game.

[@wandi2925]

The stats, the nature of the reds, are less likely to be mistakes. These decisions are starting to look deliberate. When I am watching other teams, I can't help but think if it was arsenal, that would be a booking or red.

[@munyul]

Please get rid of the "Video Assistant Referee" and replace it with a "Video Assisted Referee" ... a referee that is 100% indepent and can over-rule any call made. However, it should also then be a challenge system in which each team can make 1 challenge per half (they keep their challenge if successful) and also the Referee could (and should) ask for VAR to make a call if they are uncertain. In a "Videa Assisted Referee" instance, VAR would NOT step in on ANY situation unless called upon, even for goals, if the Ref and Linesman are happy with it (regardless whether correct or not) then the goal should stand, unless a team challenges and wins the challenge. Referee should be able to fall back on VAR to make the big calls and get them right!

[@Mr.BednaR]

This is so simple... VAR did not want to undermine Michael Oliver as he is a English Refereeing sweethart... they should call him out on that error.

[@jamjam2833]

Stop crying princess

[@WinstonCharles-z1i]

@@jamjam2833the game was won, early indications that the ban will be overturned but he still makes a valid point.

[@jamjam2833]

@@WinstonCharles-z1i it’s got nothing to do with him being English, it’s a bad decision simple as that, people all over the world moaning about prem standard refs should watch other leagues if they don’t like what they’re seeing and yes it does need overruling.

[@WinstonCharles-z1i]

@@jamjam2833 I was more referring to the VAR didn’t want to undermine him, then you have to endure the broadcasters always supporting the refs decisions. The respect campaign went to far, it’s given Prem refs almost Devine power.

[@jamjam2833]

@@WinstonCharles-z1i I agree, it was a ridiculous decision, should’ve been sent to the monitor at the very least.

[@Burneracc1234]

You watch Michael Oliver be the ref for the Arsenal vs Man city game or Newcastle game!

[@antonyallen8025]

He doesn't referee Newcastle games

[@martynsmith8120]

He supports Newcastle. He is City's payroll.

[@malsmith1618]

Nobody is mentioning that this is also a decision that will benefit city

[@simonmcpartlin6547]

I have noticed that once a referee makes a decision then 9 times out of 10 the VAR back him even when it looks dubious to say the least. I think if it’s opinion rather than fact they always back the on field ref. Boys club!

[@davidhughes1843]

I think a big problem is how many of the bad decisions are benefiting a certain team. I think it would be forgivable if decisions were consistent with all teams

[@Themunkeymac]

Darren England on VAR having a nightmare again. Webbs tenure has been a car crash. I agree, VAR & on field refs should be independent. We've already heard from ex refs, protecting their mates. As for Oliver, the best we've got. Dam.

[@dancmartin8899]

His double yellow against Dalot was mental - hardly anything said and nobody has been done like that since

[@miniman2132]

Absolutely. And before that a double yellow against Martinelli. Michael Oliver needs to be punished. Howard Webb must resign.

[@3mobcom]

Happened to Martinelli before that so he has a history of that.

[@marzipanmonkey]

Um, it wasn't a double yellow. Dalot was already on a yellow card when he lunged in and got his deserved 2nd. Only Martinelli has been on the end of a swift double yellow card in the PL and we haven't seen it before or since.

[@3mobcom]

@@marzipanmonkey probably the only one in the world to ever

[@juvwon]

The Dalot one was a card for an offence and another for continued dissent, for the initial yellow card.

[@scottadams4655]

The FBI when they profile someone look for patterns, and for that, a pattern is basically anything that happens more than 3 times! So how people can't see a pattern is beyond me

[@jaxcoss5790]

The FBI? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dexterr3txed664]

@@jaxcoss5790 Can't see the forest for the trees, can we? Totally missed the point being made that when something controversial happens 3+ times with the same person, it is a pattern that is worth investigating.

[@marzipanmonkey]

Why was he so quick to get that red card out? Not even a hesitation.. not even giving a yellow card for it and then letting VAR chime in and tell him that actually he should review the replay to be sure. We were even told last season by Howard Webb that Kovacic wasn't sent off against Arsenal despite raking his studs down the back of Odegaard's shin because they want to keep the game 11v11 for a long as possible and don't want to needlessly send players off if a warning will serve better. So where was that leniency in real time for Lewis Skelly yesterday? Or Rice and Trossard who got swift 2nd yellows for simply kicking the ball away? We've seen Gomes and KDB yesterday do the exact same thing yesterday and Doku and Szoboszlai before yet they got away with it. Where's the consistency?

[@markcorbin5670]

The only consistency is to stick it to Arsenal, any chance they get ! 🤬

[@jamesusanashville9678]

We're asking about Covacic tackle same refree and PGMOL response. Last year

[@Doen5488]

Howard Webb and PGMOL 💯 know MO and VAR screwed up but they won't do anything because they won't want to lose face. As Mike Dean says these refs have to protect their pals.

[@EasyDeanyEW5]

Michael Oliver... the newcastle fan who gets paid by City... surely he doesn't have any bias at all... surely not.

[@livenewstvdotcom6748]

SPOT ON IS THE ARROGANCE

[@alinurumohamed2318]

No need of rest just ban him for good

[@xenonomy1258]

man city tactically foul everyone in their own half, and pep endorses it as a strategy, and yet arsenal do it, we get punished

[@stephangoonerjacob8905]

It only happens to Arsenal and then you’ll never see it again

[@victorongaro3485]

"Best Referee" in the "Best League in the World" 😏

[@ahsansakif7095]

Excellent conversion and eloquently put

[@mattfosker]

There needs to be an independent auditor who assess performance. They should look for patterns. Oliver has sent off 8 Arsenal players in 55 games. He gives a red to Arsenal but a 2nd yellow to wolves for a worse challenge. Oliver did not send off kovacic because he “didn’t want to impact the game”. He is corrupt.

[@BriieBaybee]

If we can have world class foreign players come and play in the EPL, then why can’t we have world class foreign refs too to ensure the game is at a high level. I just don’t think these refs are good enough

[@Bert-lw1ot]

I just said this to my mate!! We hire the best foreign players and coaches, so why not the best foreign officials?

[@user-dk6jb6hq9t]

Looking forward to mic'd up when howard webb will try and defend this BS and how it was a "dangerous tackle" and therefore was the correct decision

[@tekalikelati302]

That's not error 😂😂😂

[@goonerjoe7647]

What’s not an error

[@barryallison7583]

Foreign owners, Foreign managers, Foreign players now we need Foreign ref

[@Animalistic9]

If you ask me for the name of an incompetent ref... I'd say Darren England... If you ask me for the name of refs who are ridiculously overrated I'd say Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor.

[@kd5973]

VAR needs to be run by specially trained VAR techs. Not rotating refs. The guy that caught the Liverpool offside goal last season was the VAR tech, not one of the refs. The PGMOL is a boys club and they have no consequences. Plenty of very poor VAR and refereeing decisions yesterday.

[@martynsmith8120]

Paid £20k to referee a game for City in Saudi. First game is City who employ him and the second game is Newcatle who he supports. Why do FA get themselves into these situations? He shouldn't be allowed to referee any Arsenal match ever again.

[@TheRealWhyze1]

The only way you think that was a straight red is if you wanted to believe it was a red and you have to try hard to believe it’s an actual red. Mi

[@Gosnel-y2c]

I think he needs to be investigated he do it to arsenal all the time it's a shame

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner-y4w]

I'm sitting at home and saw immediately that it should be a yellow ; when the ref gives a red I thought I'd missed something , I hadn't. Henry asked the key question , a more junior ref finds it hard to overturn a senior refs decision ; the refs need training to understand that seniority is irrelevant when it comes to VAR officiating , I mean they shouldnt really need to be shown or explained that as grown men but there we go....

[@andrejohannessen5465]

love this guy talk real !

[@musharafhussain2316]

The needs to be an official investigation into the standards of England

[@rodneyfrancois7357]

MR KEITH HACKETT HE DOES NOT NEED A REST . WHAT NONSENSE MICHAEL OLIVER WAS PAYED THE SUM OF £20,000 POUNDS ALLEDGY BY MAN CITY TO REFF A GAME SO IS THAT NOT AGAINST PGMO RULES . SO WHEN TALKING ABOUT REST HE SHOULD BE BANNED 1000% FROM REFFERING ANY GAMES WHATSOEVER .

[@jamjam2833]

Allegedly…no proof like you’ve just said.

[@49undefeated49]

Wouldn't swapping refs and VAR officils with other countries cut out any prejudices and "mistakes" unless its all corrupt. For example, english officials go to France, Italy or Spain to officiate and vice versa.

[@jamesjohnston881]

well said

[@CanonTogger717]

I also think it’s about time we as paying viewers need to hear what the ref and VAR are saying

[@flyoverfredusa]

Darren England could write a book on VAR mistakes

[@No10NumberTen]

Bring back Keith!

[@NT-tt5lj]

They can explain but if the officiating is not consistent it wont make a any difference.

[@el_promabior5736]

Needs a rest❌ Need for a Arrest✅

[@therealctp6675]

We need legal proceedings. This is called fixing.

[@thomasgrant8074]

Go on then. Sue him.

[@kisakyeanna-m5f]

Great words of wisdom form the former REF Keith needs to be the director of Pgmol

[@governorstash8168]

VAR officials should be governed separately so that they can be impartial when making decisions.

[@derrickpeprah3589]

He is spitting!!

[@tortada1]

Our sports over here in America certainly have their issues, but one of the things that isnt as big an issue is our officiating. On field calls are overturned by video review every single game, sometimes multiple times a game. Granted, there are still some odd calls. It's so common place that it's expected.

[@LabudaKamara]

He should be sent to League two ( 2) to officiate matches. It does not matter whether he is on the pitch or behind the VAR, he keeps doing it and costing teams vital points. He needs to be brought before a d inquiry committee to answer to his actions

[@kevinmorris9351]

Again a rest? Never ref an Arsenal game again it's to obvious he's anti Arsenal and Taylor

[@serisouvannaphouma1728]

VAR should also have overturned the 2nd yellow for joao gomes and changed it to a straight red!

[@mosestekper7659]

"Clear and obvious error" is a phrase coined to help VAR refs cover for the mistakes of their friends on the field.

[@misterman6578]

"A rest" a way of saying get him out the spotlight, till things cool off a little.

[@manonymous3324]

everyone is in on it - clearly

[@acerimmer3927]

Henry winter protecting his access as usual… ‘Ooooh I think that might make him look like a scapegoat’. It was HIS decision!! You can’t be a scapegoat when you made the call! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Ad-wu8te]

Martin Keown said something the other week but people ridiculed him. Michael Oliver is bent we all know that. But how VAR doesn’t interfere and try to change the decision. Either they don’t want to undermine a ‘senior’ official or they are bent as well.

[@Baldrick_dogsbody]

Oliver is a............... (Comment below)

[@Imran-u2i2g]

Bang on Keith.

[@redjacc7581]

why didnt VAR tell the ref to check the screen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@benjamindadzie9657]

Because they are all into the plan of sending Arsenal player away

[@antoinedoinell]

we don't need reasoning explained. we need correct decisions.