Liverpool followers nonetheless have so much to be glad about after a 2-1 victory over Chelsea prolonged Arne Slot’s exceptional begin to life at Anfield.
10 wins out of the Dutchman’s 11 first video games in cost – after changing Jurgen Klopp in the summertime – is, fairly frankly, stupendous.
While commentators are obliged to concentrate on the positives, it will be remiss of any goal viewer to disregard the litany of officiating errors strewn in regards to the Premier League encounter.
How did Reece James get away with a blatant dive?
It’s really baffling the issues a few of Chelsea’s gamers had been allowed to get away with throughout the Anfield conflict – not least of all Tosin Adarabioyo’s efforts to disclaim Diogo Jota a possible goalscoring alternative.
Now, feast your eyes on Reece James’ hilariously blatant dive to disclaim the Portuguese worldwide a one-on-one on the Twenty third-minute mark.
Reece James dived right here after dropping the ball and the ref blows for a foul, Jota was one on one. pic.twitter.com/Huy468cv0p
— Vivid 🇬🇭👨💻⚽ (@BrightPoint_) October 21, 2024
Sensational, daring, and downright infuriating contemplating Mo Salah had a reputable penalty enchantment waved off by John Brooks regardless of being hacked down within the field by Levi Colwill.
Gary Neville, ever gleeful in his criticism of the Egyptian No.11, took his cue throughout Sky Sports activities’ reside protection to accuse the winger of a ‘clear dive’.
If there was the same criticism geared toward Chelsea’s No.24 – we completely missed it.
With that in thoughts, it’s not laborious to see why a handful of Liverpool followers had been left incandescent on X (previously Twitter) by this newest error of judgement.
This was the choice I used to be pissed off with essentially the most. It’s a 3 on 1 and nice purpose scoring alternative. He misplaced the ball and dived. Easy as that.
— Arrows (@ArrowsRed9) October 21, 2024
I used to be livid after this replay
— ÀTG36 (@ATG36n) October 21, 2024
Three match ban for attempting to damage the sport! Cheat.
— BjørnR.Hagen (@brh0203) October 21, 2024
The litany of refereeing errors that went in opposition to Liverpool
We don’t need to take the emphasis completely away from Slot and this Liverpool facet’s achievements early on in 2024/25. We’ve seen ludicrous officiating calls spoil moments that ought to have by no means been tainted beneath Jurgen Klopp.
Nevertheless, how are you going to be something however centered on the officiating once you’ve obtained Chelsea’s boss, Enzo Maresca, laughably claiming that Anfield had influenced proceedings?
“The one factor I can say that generally on this stadium some selections are for the noise of the gang,” the Italian informed Sky Sports activities.
Our Dutch head coach clearly couldn’t disagree extra on that entrance judging by his expression of unadulterated rage after a comfortable foul was given in opposition to Darwin Nunez.
I believe I’ve watched this about fifty occasions and I nonetheless agree with them eachpic.twitter.com/OPT3BucOvI
— The Anfield Wrap (@TheAnfieldWrap) October 21, 2024
Alas, we all know it gained’t be the final time England’s model of incompetent officers encourage confusion and fury with their decision-making throughout aggressive motion.
All we are able to do is benefit from the factors as they roll in and hope that Slot has the persistence to beat the refereeing inconsistencies that look set to plague the Premier League for the foreseeable.
