Liverpool Fans Seething After Diabolical Officiating at Tottenham

If you are still seething, you are not alone. The officiating was diabolical at Tottenham, and while the red cards and offside goal hit the headlines, fans spotted more wrong decisions.

Darwin Nunez has already made his rallying cry, that “we are together and against everyone,” and that is a sentiment that is easy to get behind after Saturday night’s events.

We have already seen the PGMOL issue a statement admitting to “significant human error,” the VAR operators removed from duty and reports of referee chief Howard Webb issuing Liverpool an apology.

Card Gestures Ignored

Referee Simon Hooper, who was stood down after an opening day farce at Man United, made one bewildering decisions after another – Diogo Jota‘s first yellow card, anyone?

It was dismal and not up to the standards one expects in a high-profile match, but the headline hitters were not the only decisions that ought to be questioned, as fans have pointed out.

Gesturing for a card against another player was supposed to result in a yellow for the offender, as Liverpool saw for Alexis Mac Allister at Chelsea. For Destiny Udogie, a blind eye was turned – of course. He offered up a card gesture for Jota, who got booked for the Spurs man tripping over himself.

We know what happened to Liverpool’s No. 20 moments later but Udogie was already on a yellow card when he did this – should he not have been shown a second and sent off? Not for Hooper, clearly. And Richarlison received the same leniency. Consistency, eh?

No Penalty for Gomez?

Joe Gomez is charging into the box, settling himself as he approaches the ball and makes contact as Micky van de Ven comes through him.

Sounds a little similar, and we don’t have to look back far with Virgil van Dijk on Alexander Isak at