Howard Webb admission can't disguise truth about Liverpool and officials this season
Liverpool supporters have historically had reason to be irked by Howard Webb. And even finding themselves in agreement with the former referee is now prompting feelings of being infuriated.
Webb's admission the Reds should have been awarded a penalty against Arsenal last month when Martin Odegaard handled merely confirmed what everyone apart from referee Chris Kavanagh and, perhaps more pertinently, VAR official David Coote saw on the day.
Audio revealed while Kavanagh was instantly dismissive of the claim by pointing out Odegaard had slipped, Coote was curiously just as swift to make the same call having observed only the briefest of video replays.
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What could have been an opportunity for Liverpool to score even before Mohamed Salah's equaliser instead became the latest of a seemingly relentless number of controversial officiating decisions this season, with Jurgen Klopp's side eventually being held to a 1-1 home draw against their fellow Premier League title contenders.
Of course, debatable decisions have long been and will forever be part of the game. All clubs experience them, both for and against. Liverpool were fortunate Ibrahima Konate wasn't shown a second yellow and subsequent red with the scoreline goalless in the Anfield derby against Everton in October before going on to win 2-0, while Alan Shearer and other Newcastle United fans remain adamant Diogo Jota shouldn't have been awarded a spot kick late on in the Reds' 4-2 triumph over the Magpies earlier this month, even if goalkeeper Martin Dubravka later admitted it was a foul.
And while the high profile of the club at
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