Matt Beard rightly vented his frustrations in the direction of the officers after Liverpool Ladies fell to a 1-0 defeat at Everton, determined by a penalty for a foul that was exterior the field.
Liverpool have the precise to really feel that that they had the sport taken away from them at Goodison Park after a penalty was wrongly awarded.
Fuka Nagano fouled Honoka Hayashi very clearly exterior of the penalty field, and but referee Abigail Byrne instantly pointed to the spot with no correction from the assistant.
VAR is just not in use within the Ladies’s Tremendous League.
Katja Snoeijs transformed and the Reds have been unable to see their dominance mirrored on the scoreboard, leaving Beard extremely annoyed after the defeat.
“It modifications the entire complexity of the sport,” the Liverpool supervisor advised reporters on the penalty resolution.
Everton Ladies got a penalty for this towards LFC Ladies in the present day ? pic.twitter.com/0TmZPuhMyM
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“You’ve obtained the official, the assistant referee and the fourth official all with unblocked views. Even I noticed the contact was a couple of yard exterior the field.
“I simply surrender with it as a result of it occurs each week. Not simply with us. Look initially of the sport. The primary throw-in ought to have been an Everton throw, however we get given it.”
He added: “I don’t know whether or not they [the officials] don’t like me personally, I don’t know, and whether or not that has an impact on my staff. It may do.
“I’ve been booked for issues this yr once I’ve seen different managers do loads worse and get away with it.
“The way it will get given as a penalty is past me” ?
Our panel are in settlement that Everton mustn’t have been awarded a penalty. pic.twitter.com/NWvtVMGfEU
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“I simply really feel we’ve been let down by the officers. I really feel we must always have had two penalties, and we’ve had one given towards us that wasn’t a penalty.
“Finally, these selections have value us both a degree or probably three factors.”
Requested if this was one other resolution that necessitates the introduction of VAR, Beard mentioned: “The cash is just not there for VAR.
“We have to get the officers proper. I don’t know what the reply is, to be sincere with you. I believe each supervisor feels the identical each week.”
The defeat leaves Liverpool in sixth spot on 9 factors, 12 behind early leaders Chelsea after eight video games.
