Dermot Gallagher feels that Liverpool have been arduous achieved by over one huge determination within the 2-2 draw in opposition to Fulham on Saturday.
The previous Premier League referee made his weekly look on Ref Look ahead to Sky Sports activities Information on Monday morning as he appeared again on a number of the main speaking factors from the weekend’s motion.
He bafflingly agreed with Tony Harrington’s determination to offer Andreas Pereira a yellow reasonably than a crimson card for a nasty foul on Ryan Gravenberch’s Achilles, however the ex-top flight whistler claimed that the Reds had a reputable grievance over one other name which went in opposition to them.
Gallagher says Robertson crimson card was wrongly given
Gallagher gave his verdict on Andy Robertson’s dismissal for a foul on Harry Wilson which was perceived to be denial of a goalscoring alternative (DOGSO), believing it to have been harsh on the Liverpool left-back.
He advised Sky Sports activities: “I’ve had numerous possibilities to take a look at this once more. I didn’t suppose it was a crimson card on the time, and I nonetheless don’t.
“Robertson doesn’t know he’s coming. He miscontrols the ball and Wilson nicks the ball. Is he answerable for the ball? No. Is he going to realize management of the ball? Very uncertain as a result of the Liverpool participant goes to get there first. Is he transferring in the direction of objective? No.
“There’s are too many variables and the ‘O’ [in DOGSO] stands for apparent and never potential. Then [Raul] Jimenez has a shot and the whistle truly goes when [Virgil] Van Dijk clears the ball so it provides numerous problems to it. A extra palatable determination would have been a yellow card.
“In the event you’re going to offer a crimson card then you definitely whistle as a result of when you whistle you’re answerable for the state of affairs. If he thinks it’s a crimson card then simply blow. If the referee had whistled instantly then everybody would have accepted that.”
Gallagher has a degree
On preliminary viewing it had appeared as if Robertson prevented a goalscoring alternative for Fulham, however upon trying again on the footage and listening to Gallagher’s verdict, we’re inclined to view it in another way.
Van Dijk was certainly within the neighborhood of the ball and succeeded in clearing away Jimenez’s subsequent chip, at which level Harrington then known as it again for a foul and confirmed our quantity 26 the crimson card.
Maybe if the referee blew instantly after the problem, the guests might have been enraged at him for not taking part in the benefit, however the determination to go away Liverpool a participant gentle for all however the opening 17 minutes unquestionably had a large influence on the sport.
Rightly or wrongly, it signifies that Robertson is now suspended at an inopportune time for the Reds – with Kostas Tsimikas injured, it leaves Arne Slot with none pure senior left-backs out there to him for the Carabao Cup quarter-final in opposition to Southampton on Wednesday.
One small mercy for us is {that a} direct crimson card for a DOGSO foul carries only a one-match ban (whereas violent conduct or severe foul play is three), so the 30-year-old might be free to play in our subsequent Premier League fixture away to Tottenham in six days’ time.
