Nottingham Forest referee analyst Mark Clattenburg criticised Tierney's decision
Nottingham Forest referee analyst Mark Clattenburg has criticised a key Paul Tierney decision which preceded Liverpool’s dramatic winner at the City Ground.
Clattenburg said he was not allowed into the referee’s room to speak to Tierney after the game.
Forest players surrounded Tierney at the end, livid at the call to restart play by giving Liverpool the ball after a head injury to visiting player Ibrahima Konate. The home side had possession when play was stopped. Less than two minutes later, Darwin Nunez headed the game’s only goal.
‘Forest should have had the ball back,’ said Clattenburg, who took up his new role at the City Ground last month. ‘If the referee stops the game, he has to give the ball back to the team in possession.
‘When the ball was given to the keeper (Caoimhin Kelleher), with Liverpool scoring afterwards, you can see why Forest are aggrieved.’
Alan Shearer, speaking on Match of the Day, said the referee had dropped a ‘big clanger’.
‘He’s got it totally wrong,’ he said. ‘Hudson-Odoi has the ball and then he blows. He then gives the ball back unchallenged to the goalkeeper, which is totally wrong. It should be a Forest ball on the wing where it was last touched. If you drop the ball where Forest should have had it, everything changes.’
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