Liverpool Football Club acknowledges PGMOL’s admission of their failures last night. It is clear that the correct application of the laws of the game did not occur, resulting in sporting integrity being undermined.
I guess they are going to take action now. Wolves should also stake a claim from their match against Man United, as should Brentford with the penalty claim.
The technology is there to help make the correct decisions, it’s the incompetence and dare I say arrogance of referees that are affecting sporting results.
These points could have affected a team’s relegation survival chances, or even European and title chances. That’s a massive deal.
There needs to be proper accountability and transparency from the referees and until we see that, there will continue to be this lackadaisical approach.
Also, I don’t condone violence and abuse to referees, but they need to know that there’s a difference to criticism and verbal abuse. Referees are human beings too so I believe that opening the barrier of communication, transparency and cooperation will lead to lower abuse and disrespect towards them.