Referee Tierney made the SAME mistake in favour of Forest before Nunez's winner

Referee Paul Tierney made a similar mistake in favour of Nottingham Forest before Darwin Nunez's controversial winner on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp's men snatched all three points deep into injury-time thanks to a 99th minute header by the Uruguayan striker.

However, controversy struck as play had stopped for a head injury to Ibrahima Konate over a minute earlier, as Callum Hudson-Odoi shaped to cross from a dangerous position. Konate recovered quickly and Tierney ruled that Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher should restart play.

Yet instead of returning possession, Kelleher picked out a team-mate and Liverpool went on the attack before eventually finding the winning goal.

Tierney made a similar mistake early in the second half when Ryan Yates was struck in the face by the ball after Harvey Elliott attempted a shot.

Instead of giving the ball to Liverpool, it was Forest who were allowed to regain possession from a drop ball back to the goalkeeper.

Liverpool fans were quick to point it out on social media, with one saying: 'The game wasn’t televised in the uk, so here’s a bigger question: if this is such a massive talking point, why did MOTD not also show the exact same thing happen to Liverpool possession earlier in the game when Forest got a drop ball to their keeper.'

A second wrote: 'Are they going to talk about the occasion he did the same thing incorrectly earlier in the game against Liverpool? Forest didn’t complain when it happened, there were 3 minutes that passed.'

A third fan added: 'Referee done exactly same thing to Liverpool in the first half lads'.

Tierney's controversial decision resulted in Forest coach Steven Reid to be shown a red card after heated scenes on the benches, while unused substitute Felipe was