+ It has now been reported by The Athletic that "sources close to" Jurgen Klopp believe pity was shown to the ten-men, on a day where Liverpool put five goals past them.
+ The "source" described, via TEAMtalk, that there were calls for Fred to be dismissed with his Antoine Griezmann style kick to Naby Keita's face, which raised concerns over a lack of consistency.
+ Questions were also asked regarding Cristiano Ronaldo's kick and Bruno Fernandes high-tackle which were both executed on Curtis Jones.
+ Finally; the tackle from Harry Maguire on Diogo Jota as he entered the United area and denied what appeared to be a goal scoring opportunity, was scrutinised.
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Thanks for posting.
It's good to see that we are briefing and hopefully it's indicative of what we are doing behind the scenes. But I was hoping to see something along the lines of us openly questioning why a Manc from Wythenshawe can not only Ref our games, but ref so many of theirs too. Why
whenever he refs (us especially) he overlooks what are clear reds, why there is always an mismatch between our possession stats and the number of fouls conceded. In other words look at the patterns of his decision making over several games rather than focusing on incidents in just one. But as I say, hopefully more is going on behind the scenes.
The kicker for me would be to ask PGMOL if a ref from Crosby from a family of reds would be allowed to ref Liverpool v United, even if he claimed to be a Marine fan; and if he was, would they expect any media comment? (Clue, I can think of one manc in the media that would never shut up about it, and he'd talk his sidekick into agreeing with him, and use that as his basis to lobby PGMOL)
The bottom line is even if the likes of Taylor are beyond reproach professionally, it is an invidious position to put them in in the first place and does not reflect well on the league.
