Simon Jordan blames Liverpool's Andy Robertson for Premier League rule change
People "like Bruno Fernandes and Andy Robertson" are to thank for the new hardline stance of refereeing in the Premier League, says TalkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan.
Supporters have been given a taste of what is to come in the opening weeks of the 2023/24 campaign to mixed responses. Officials are cracking down on behaviour such as arguing with decisions, crowding the referee and time-wasting amongst others, with yellow cards and time added on after 90 minutes the punishments for offenders.
There has also been nine red cards handed out in the Premier League so far this season, which after game week three puts the new season on course to see 126 sendings off by the going rate, the previous season only seeing 30.
Two of those have been to Liverpool in their last two matches, Alexis Mac Allister in the second half against Bournemouth and Virgil van Dijk in the first half against Newcastle United.
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However Mac Allister saw his quickly rescinded once an appeal was lodged, bringing VAR into scrutiny for not rectifying this in the first place as officials hope not to 're-referee' decisions, despite it being there to help reach the correct conclusions.
But Jordan has gone on a scathing rant to tell everyone involved to accept the new changes as they have brought it upon themselves, namedropping Reds full-back Robertson as one particular culprit.
"There's this refusal to accept authority on the pitch," he told TalkSPORT. "You do not hear [after a] rugby game the media feeling the necessity to interrogate a refereeing decision up hill and down dale.
"I don't like the idea that you have
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