02 Mar 2024 21:46:43
I have to say the reaction to the ball not being given back is crazy. it should have been a free anyway. And it was 2 minutes and multiple phases before the final goal.
And also, the exact same thing happened earlier in the game in reverse. I thought it was odd but was not shouting at my tv or anything.
It's not like a blatant penalty or legit goal was disallowed or anything.
If this is the new level of complaining then the Nottingham Forrest player tripped himself up and got a freekick. That's more of an outrage. I hope Liverpool send an official complaint to PGMOL over that.
I know we complain but we ve had far bigger complaints than this.
I very much believe we are firmly in the minus with refereeing decisions this season.
I argued on Crystal Palaces side when they got the red against us. I thought that was harsh and luckyish for us.
But this one is a joke. I get the pressure is on them and the media will jump on any drama. But the same thing happened us earlier in the game and it should have been a free anyway. And it was miles before the goal. And they are on about an official complaint. Bunch of idiots.
02 Mar 2024 22:22:58
They’re Fighting for their lives. Let them moan. We move onto midweek.
02 Mar 2024 22:52:40
You're right there LFC8. And perhaps its the timing in the game that hurts them the most.
He is one shocking ref to be fair. He made the same mistake twice in the game for both sides. He needs a rule book. ?.
02 Mar 2024 23:12:52
We got away with one today. Shocking decision by Tierney. We take it and move on.
02 Mar 2024 23:12:54
Liverpool definitely need to complain. Tierney didn’t understand the rules when he gave the ball to the Forest keeper after one of their players went down with a head injury and Liverpool were in possession.
If Liverpool had the ball back they may have gone on to score which could have lead to a bigger win. That could be vital at the end of the season.
PGMOL should be offering yet another apology to Liverpool.
02 Mar 2024 23:18:32
Lets not forget a clear kick in the face was why Konate went down in the first place.
02 Mar 2024 23:47:19
Like I said a while back in the course of a season - back in the day of a referee and two touch judges, you had some rubbish decisions go for you and some go against you and by an d large they even each other out.
If you strip away VAR and all the attendant ballyhoo, we’ve had Tottenham against us and Notts Forest for us. Basically the same as it’s always been.
Let’s crack on to the next match - it’s absolutely brilliant to watch at the moment even when we are tired (like today) .
As an aside did anyone see the Michael Jordan quote in the BBC report of the game He said something like ‘I’ve never lost a game, sometimes I just ran out of time, but if you ever once give up then it becomes a habit’.
03 Mar 2024 00:57:54
We would be kicking off too if it was other way round. Sometimes you need a break just didn’t expect it to be at the hands of Tierney.
03 Mar 2024 01:06:31
Hi All
Long time reader but never posted. I normally try not to get involved. I was at the game with Forest fans and it infuriated me how much they and now all the media, especially MOTD have honed in on the drop ball. It happened early in the game against us when the ball hit, I think, Yates’ head. It is arguably the only time Tierney has ever showed consistency.
03 Mar 2024 01:59:28
Some of these responses seem crazy to me. It was an extremely minor mistake that didn’t directly lead to a goal. If I was in the Forest camp I’d be more annoyed at my defenders for failing to clear the ball despite having multiple opportunities. It feels like football now is constantly looking for someone to blame rather than take responsibility for their own actions.
03 Mar 2024 02:54:44
Listening to few pundits I thought Tierney himself put in a cross for Nunez.
03 Mar 2024 03:11:59
I guess what we’ve been crying out for? Consistency
Just that in this instance he was consistently wrong! But it worked in our favor.
Also, indeed, if VAR was ever remotely useful in this game, it was to pull a red card on the head of Konate. Many will say it’s harsh but Mane got sent off years back against city for an unintentional high boot on Ederson and rightly so.
The timing of the goal definitely hurt them to lead to the post match reactions but I don’t think they can really complain when (1) they had 2 players booked for time wasting in added time and (2) it clearly says adding on a minimum (not maximum) of 8 mins.
It was a damn hard game with our depleted squad and a well organised defence with pace to burn on the counter. So we take the W and charge on to title 20.
03 Mar 2024 06:40:43
The thing is for me. is that this incident is getting more attention than the Utd goal vs Forest during the week.
The ref made the same decision TWICE in the same game. so why the reaction for the 2nd incident?
So LFC are seen to get away with one. but did we really? There were multiple times in the game that the ref got it wrong, and are people going on about those, of course not.
The blatant dive was CHEATING at best, yet that is swept under the covers. Why don't people focus on those incidents. because maybe it doesn't talk to their agendas?
To focus on this specific incident, whilst so many other things go unmentioned is just pathetic.
03 Mar 2024 08:00:45
Rome1977!, we got away with what, exactly? I propose you go watch the game again. Forrest are crying cos they did not get decisions that we did not get when they committed the same offences, same decisions we did NOT get so where's the beef? Tierney was terrible for both teams (as is the norm with such an arrogant fraud) and that was it. If PL refs being terrible on both sides is shocking to you then, you've not been paying attention to PL officiating for the past 3 years or so. That's on you.
We got the win our efforts, desire and determination deserved. Forrest can cry more. Maybe had they not started diving all over the place, time-wasting during injury time and got carded for it then maybe they would have gotten the point. They didn't. Their loss.
03 Mar 2024 08:46:16
My point WDW, is the media/ Forrest are trying to make out this is a huge decision that's gone out way and cancelled out things like the Tottenham goal and arsenal handball.
My point was that it wasn't. Same thing happened in reverse earlier in the game. And in our case, it should have been a freekick to us anyway. And getting possession on your goal line no way levels off a clear goal and penalty.
Tierney is a terrible ref but he was consistent in that calling during the game. It was even. He made the same call twice. He gave a free to anyone who fell down on both sides.
My point was the refereeing (while useless) was fair on both sides. Liverpool did not get an advantage. What is very slightly bugging me is this thought that Liverpool got this huge red advantage. We didn't.
We should have had a free and the result would be the same.
03 Mar 2024 09:13:16
OliRed, it should've been a drop ball to Forest. It was Kelleher who put Konate down. Like I say, we move on, just like we had to after the Spurs game.
03 Mar 2024 09:48:01
Konate was kicked in the head also Rome.
It should have been a freekick.
{Ed025's Note - yeah it seem every time a Liverpool player is tackled its a foul Davey, while when its them they never foul or do anything wrong mate, the refs should know this and take it into consideration..
03 Mar 2024 10:46:52
Rome1977!, and why was it not a drop ball to us when Yeates hit the ground when Elliott's shot hit him in the head? Again, I don't think you understand what Im saying here. Essentially, Tierney made the same mistake for both teams in the same situations in this case, and in the grabbing-in- the-box incidnts with Danilo and Yeats allover Danns and VVD respectfully and with Gomez on Gibbs-White. Again, what's the problem? Don't you want consistency anymore or only want it when it suits you? I'll wait
Forest are crying cos they say they should have gotten decisions from the ref. that the ref himself, did NOT give to LFC in the same situations. Sorry, that is not fairness. That is requesting special treatment and NO, nobody should get special treatment and neither team got it, thankfully. Sorry, NO extra cookies for them. Like you said, we move on.
03 Mar 2024 10:24:41
In the modern game Ed, kicks to the head are fouls.
But in hindsight, I ve needlessly opened a can of worms here after a game we won. But I am right. I'm always right.
{Ed025's Note - i have never known a Liverpool fan who thought he was ever wrong Davey, its part of your clubs heritage mate.. :)
03 Mar 2024 10:52:55
Ed25, try to keep up cos you're waffling again cos nobody said what you have just said. Nor are we asking for special treatment. If anything, it is Forest asking for special treatment cos they want decions Liverpool did not get in the exact same circumstances/ situations. That is NOT fairness.
Again, that is special treatment and I ain't having any of that, mate. Not now. Not ever. Forest can go cry somewhere else esp. that disgraceful section of their fan base singing poverty chants to our fans at the ground. The PL will not miss this lot should they go down, just like nobody cared when Leicester City went down with such fans within their fan base.
{Ed025's Note - dont make out that liverpool fans are any different to other fans Oli, you like everyone else will be happy if a wrong decision goes your way and create blue murder when it doesn,t...that just life mate, or maybe im wrong and the angelic liverpool supporters are different from the rest of us?..
03 Mar 2024 11:28:49
My mum always said I was special Ed25.
{Ed025's Note - and how right she was WDW.. :)
03 Mar 2024 11:45:47
OliRed, it suits me that we won the game, that's all, ultimately, that Im bothered about. Let's agree to disagree on this.
03 Mar 2024 13:27:58
"You like everyone else will be happy if a wrong decision goes your way "
Project much?
03 Mar 2024 12:54:34
Ed25 is never wrong Oli. It's what we have in common.
Sometimes we disagree on stuff but I was respect his views because we are both never wrong.
Equally I respect him as I heard a rumour he can land you in a foreign jail by merely selecting an option on a computer.
{Ed025's Note - be careful Davey...you are on remand at the moment mate.. :)