Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister could reportedly be facing a ban after he controversially posted on social media about Tottenham playing with 12 men in their game at the weekend.
This is a clear dig at the referee and accusations of bias are bound to be taken very seriously, so it remains to be seen if Mac Allister could now be set to miss a long run of games for the Reds.
The Argentina international played for Liverpool in their 2-1 defeat at Spurs, with Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal the biggest talking point.
However, Liverpool also had to play with nine men after red cards for both Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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Mac Allister’s frustration is understandable, but there’s also surely no way he’s going to get away with accusing referee Simon Hooper of acting against his club.
This is getting very messy. We all understand that people make mistakes, not a problem. With that we need to understand that people don’t always react in the way we want.
There is no mistaking the whole group of officials were terrible. The offside, the none contact yellow, the Spurs player gesturing for a yellow card to be brandished which should have seen him receive a second yellow, and playing over the 95 minutes suggested.
As a player I would feel cheated, that said suggesting the refs are cheats is wrong.
The FA need to understand they are to blame here, and the pathetic apology had no value. Personally, I’d wipe the slate clear, send a clear message that some things are not acceptable, but more importantly, I’d get my ship in order.
Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Could not agree more!!!!
I agree the entire group of officiating staff for the game should be banned for the season. Letting refs etc. Know there are consequences for their actions. Players get sanctions for petty things and referees get away with murder. If any one of us had made such a farce of our company rules we would be on a final written notice or fired for gross misconduct. All we here is an apology and then extra sanctions for players. Take ownership of the absolutely shocking display and make an example so that other referees think twice before making such a mockery of our beautiful game.
Without us, the fans, the FA is nothing and after incidents like that we have to start asking why not join a super league where the teams have a bigger say in proceedings?
John why make a storm in a teacup, united, city and all other teams get raw deals but they do not throw tantrums like Liverpool. Officials make mistakes globally in all sports, I mean New Zealand rightfully won the ICC.cricket worldcup in 2019( but the officials miscalculated a run short, and the game went to a super over, and England then won that super over and the worldcup) yet new Zealand never made a meal of it, so NZ. Was blatantly denied worldcup glory because of human error, not even car picked up the error, so all pool fan’s should just move on
There was to be 6 mins added time and not as you suggest 5.
It’s a minimum of six minutes. You don’t know the rules
Suggesting refs are cheats with no reason for doing so I agree is wrong but in this circumstance its not at all… hooper well known tottenham fan, all three in UAE two days prior, then the 96 minutes during match played nothing else to suggest than cheating, bribes etc whatever you want to call it.. plain cheating.
Liverpool played against 5 officials on the pitch an another 2 in the var studio. Its called corruption.
indeed
Joe if spurs were on the receiving end then pool supporters would be on cloud.10. Now, so stop nailing the officials. Look at the scoreboard and just chill
The match was pre determined to favor Tottenham Hotspur fc.The FA is behind the fraud that happened at white hart lane so,dont be surprised they are going for the head of anyone caught talking about the human errors and the silly apology statement.
Ridiculous statement. There was no fix, no fraud, and there was an error that shouldn’t have happened.
The game shouldn’t be replayed in the interest of integrity. But officials should as.well get dismissed for poor shows. A team can get relegated or miss a trophy due to one stupid man in the name of a ref. Man City vs Everton is an ideal example
I guess everybody forgot about the CL final
Completely different if you can’t see that your biased and not a football fan clearly just a fan of a team
it stinks, watch it back and you will see its corrupt, the officials where corrupt, this wasnt a human error when you have 2 VAR people and when the ref walked to the monitor just see whats on the screen as hes walking over, the whole officiating stank.
first it was 6 minutes not 5. Second, anyone who has played knows that trip, its normally accompanied with a slight back arch and 2 arms in the air. Thirdly, it wasnt just for that trip, he had committed a number of fouls in the minutes before. Bottom line is once on a yellow, he deliberately tripped again, klop needs to fine him for stupidity
Why should they ban him indeed Tottenham had 12 players
DICTATORSHIP…. never sits well with decent people…that’s all this is, silencing people is never the way to go
F A ce institution de corrompu me il veut du respect
The player you say should have been shown a yellow for his jesturingshould not have recieved a yellow for his tackel as clearly won the ball first.liverpools problem is not with spurs but wih the pgmol.i could go on over so many calls that have gone against spurs in the past few seasons against liverpool but i wont as games done
I saw that the whole official all have a hidden bet slip. That’s my deep sight about it. The match is totally a rip off. the var also have to be question. Why the ref also needs a season ban for others to learn. 2red card in a high tempo match like this is a no no.
CRY MORE 🤣
The football rule should change. If proof is produced,the team must get points.Not the other taking what’s not theirs.
I have read that Hooper is a Spurs supporter. If true he should not have been allowed to officiate in this match and when it was allocated to him he should have refused.
Why would he do that when he had the ability to change the outcome in his teams favour…
Plain & simple cheating
It’s not about the Liverpool result it’s about the fact that these types of “mistakes” get made regularly. If the RA or PGMOL are serious about making our game better, these officials should have severe sanctions. All I here are exudes, 48 hours since last game in the Emirates, that doesn’t stop your eyes from working. If we can see with the naked eye someone is onside, and with all the technology on hand they get it wrong, REALLY??
What if points lost by City, Arsenal or Spurs etc. end up having an impact on the winner of the league. Then that goes against the rule of thumb for any referee, that is to have no impact on the outcome of the game. You can’t tell me these referees in the FA are not having an impact on the outcomes of games. To your point it’s happened to other teams, and whether they made a noise or not it’s wrong, and there needs to be better oversight.