The pathetic reason why Michael Oliver sent off Slot will have Liverpool fans laughing & crying | OneFootball

Do you know what? Let them have this one.

Let Everton celebrate wildly as if it were a last-gasp winner in a Champions League final.

For the punters amongst us, you’d feel pretty safe guaranteeing that the Blues won’t come close to experiencing that occasion or the associated euphoria for the next hundred or so years.

And the Premier League? Forget about it.

For Liverpool, on the other hand, with seven points separating them from second-placed Arsenal at the top of the league summit – there is very much a title to be won.

There’s just the “small” (in inverted commas) task of upcoming trips to Villa Park and the Etihad Stadium to contend with following our hosting of Wolves at the weekend.

Why Michael Oliver sent off Arne Slot

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You can’t help but feel a little sorry for Michael Oliver.

The Premier League official didn’t just get it mildly wrong at the final Goodison Park derby. Rather, the Englishman’s litany of errors on the blue half of Merseyside perfectly encapsulated just how far the standard of officiating in the English top-flight has fallen.

It wasn’t just a cry for help; it was a charity appeal pleading with the FA and PGMOL for an immediate injection of quality in the officiating ranks.

Please, sir – can we have a half-decent referee?

Just look at Oliver’s frankly arrogant decision to send off Arne Slot for what looked like, at best, a vigorous handshake.

Who knows, perhaps there’ll have been a bit of bite in the Liverpool head coach’s comments. The 39-year-old will have to hope so; we just don’t see how he can otherwise justify dismissing the Dutchman after the full-time whistle for a potentially aggressive handshake.

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