Bad ref decisions - for and against - season 2025/26

How obvious - Salah penalty in 95th… close this league
Believe me, I feel the PL follows a script and favours the top 6. But that was the easiest handball to call and the defender knew it. Burnley basically played a 5-4-1 all day and were tough. I wanted them to draw or beat the RS so badly. That’s a strategy that works for lower table clubs. And that would be no doubt how Dyche would approach the derby. But Liverpool can be beaten. They’re vulnerable in places. I feel good about next week for us.
 



We should easily have beaten villa but didn’t take our chances. The ref however was a disgrace and while everyone around me was shouting abuse at him he did manage to get the odd decision correct, but it seemed always against us. I wouldn’t let him anywhere near our games…….
 
We should easily have beaten villa but didn’t take our chances. The ref however was a disgrace and while everyone around me was shouting abuse at him he did manage to get the odd decision correct, but it seemed always against us. I wouldn’t let him anywhere near our games…….

As previously mentioned.

Villa always test waters early on. When the referee gave in, from the off, they knew they had him.

His decisions had no consistency. Some were yellows, but not given, whereas others weren't and were.

Even now, it was the worst refereeing performance id seen for a while. Absolutely zero authority.
 
Believe me, I feel the PL follows a script and favours the top 6. But that was the easiest handball to call and the defender knew it. Burnley basically played a 5-4-1 all day and were tough. I wanted them to draw or beat the RS so badly. That’s a strategy that works for lower table clubs. And that would be no doubt how Dyche would approach the derby. But Liverpool can be beaten. They’re vulnerable in places. I feel good about next week for us.
I think it’s more unconscious bias, they see them battering them for 90m and fall over themselves with pity, they should have 2 refs one for each half so this doesn’t always happen.
 
No matter how much goes against us, if one decision goes wrong against the RS then the media will explode and ensure it never happens again.
 

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