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

[terryefc]

18/1/26 Aston Villa 0 Everton 1

VAR disallow O'Brien goal for Harrison interfering with play after being in an offside spot. Very harsh imho.
Case to be made for Beto to have a penalty - but no review.
Possibly got away witha couple of bookings.
Ref 7/10 VAR 0/10

Match Officials​

Referee:Tony Harrington
Video Assistant Refereeaul Howard
Assistant Referee 1:Steven Meredith
Assistant Referee 2:Sian Massey-Ellis
Fourth Official:Farai Hallam
Assistant VAR Official:Stuart Attwell

 

[Taifi gorm]

I'd like to apologize to Chris 'rat' Kavanagh. Keane's red card was fully justified.

 

[MACCA75]

Offside was probably right but sometimes you get them. Evened out by Garner avoiding a red for a push on Rodgers.

 

[PeregrineT]

They are so desperate against us they are willing to bury themselves. Every week they bring more scorn and scrutiny amongst fans leaguewide. They just keep diggin that hole.

You wont see that marked offsides for any of the sly 6 over the next couple of years.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

I’m all for hammering crap officials but in my opinion:
It was offside as Armstrong jumped for the ball right in front of the defender with O’Brien - ideally HA would’ve known he was off and not gone for it then it should’ve stood
James Garner should’ve been booked twice - very lucky
Beto pen shout would’ve been incredibly soft, not sure it’s a foul for me

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Bet it would have been disallowed for them saying O'brien pushed if given

Funnily enough that wasn't used when Jota scored against us at Anfield last year as it didn't fit the outcome they wanted.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I have no idea if that goal should have been disallowed or not. Offside rule is unnecessarily complicated

All I know is that I've seen goals given in very similar circumstances

 

[pfim]

18/1/26 Aston Villa 0 Everton 1

VAR disallow O'Brien goal for Harrison interfering with play after being in an offside spot. Very harsh imho.
Case to be made for Beto to have a penalty - but no review.
Possibly got away witha couple of bookings.
Ref 7/10 VAR 0/10

Match Officials​

Referee:Tony Harrington
Video Assistant Refereeaul Howard
Assistant Referee 1:Steven Meredith
Assistant Referee 2:Sian Massey-Ellis
Fourth Official:Farai Hallam
Assistant VAR Official:Stuart Attwell

VAR didn’t disallow the goal, the call on the pitch was offside. The assistants flag was up

 

[b-rad]

Funnily enough that wasn't used when Jota scored against us at Anfield last year as it didn't fit the outcome they wanted.

Because Jota didn’t make a move to play the ball

 

[Bwana]

Offside was probably right but sometimes you get them. Evened out by Garner avoiding a red for a push on Rodgers.

About right. Although in our first corner Martinez pushed Grealish similarly when the ball was already in the air. That might have been a factor too.

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

Senegal getting the Everton treatment, never a pen.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Because Jota didn’t make a move to play the ball

No, but Diaz who laid it off to him was in Tarkowski's line of vision and interfering with play as they have outlined.

 

[Groucho]

That disallowed goal was never offside imo

 

[Timbucktoo]

We might have been hard done by with the disallowed goal today, but we got away with a terrible call by the ref when Garner pushed the Villa player over on the edge of the area when on a yellow card.

 

[Bebeto]

We might have been hard done by with the disallowed goal today, but we got away with a terrible call by the ref when Garner pushed the Villa player over on the edge of the area when on a yellow card.

Referee wouldn't be able to see the push from garner, and as it was outside the penalty area var couldn't intervene. But I would have expected the linesman to give that one. I guess villa don't get the same "special" attention than the sky top 6...yet