I am sick of refereeing decisions going against Liverpool and Howard Webb should be made to pay
Another Premier League weekend, another decision that has gone against us.
I actually thought Anthony Taylor did OK on Sunday in our match with Brighton, but the game ended with yet more questions hanging over the officials.
The first talking point was the Virgil van Dijk handball appeal, but that’s not a penalty. It’s impossible. The ball has bounced off his leg onto his hand, so there is not even an argument there. Then we come to the circumstances around Liverpool's penalty and the fact Brighton midfielder Pascal Gross was not carded for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.
This incident reminded me of one I was involved in as a Tranmere Rovers player during a League Cup semi-final second leg against Aston Villa. I was brought down by goalkeeper Mark Bosnich inside the penalty area and he should have been sent off, according to the laws of the game. I scored the penalty to make it 1-1 in the game, but we ended up losing on penalties with Bosnich later saving three spot-kicks.
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I personally had no gripe with that because I scored the penalty and I never like to see people sent off, but rules are rules. So how Gross has not even got a yellow for bringing down Dominik Szoboszlai is beyond me. Craig Pawson on VAR has to tell the referee to go and have a look, it is as easy as that.
We didn’t deserve to win the game overall, and a draw was probably fair, but we are continuing to be hurt by poor decisions being made by others. We've had the Mac Allister red card against Bournemouth, Van Dijk's dismissal at Newcastle, the absolute shambles of the
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