Paul Tierney has not been selected as a referee for the next round of Premier League matches after his mistake in Liverpool’s win at Nottingham Forest.
However, he would be the video assistant referee (VAR) for Arsenal’s house sport with Brentford on Saturday.
Tierney stopped play for a head damage to Reds defender Ibrahima Konate when Forest had possession in added time.
He restarted play by giving Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher the ball and Darwin Nunez scored moments later.
The aim gave the guests a 1-0 victory and got here in the 99th minute – one minute and 50 seconds after the restart incident.
International Football Association Board guidelines state the sport ought to have restarted with Forest possession from the place they’d the ball exterior the field.
The resolution did not lead on to the aim, nevertheless, with Forest regaining possession earlier than Nunez finally scored the winner.
Forest gamers and employees surrounded Tierney after full-time and coach Steven Reid was proven a crimson card.
The City Ground membership’s proprietor Evangelos Marinakis additionally pursued the officers all the best way to the referee’s workplace.
Forest referee analyst Mark Clattenburg, who officiated in the Premier League for 13 years between 2004 and 2017, criticised Tierney’s decision.
“When [the ball was] given to the keeper, with Liverpool scoring afterwards, you’ll be able to see why [Forest] are aggrieved,” mentioned Clattenburg.
“I have never spoken to the referee – I’ll go away that to the membership. I went to enter the referee’s dressing room [after the game] however he would not permit it.”
Singh Gill household makes extra historical past
Referee Sunny Singh Gill is ready to make Premier League historical past this weekend when he takes cost of Crystal Palace’s house sport with Luton Town.
He will develop into the primary British South Asian to referee a match in the competitors.
It is one other landmark second for the Singh Gill household. His father Jarnail stays the primary and solely English Football League referee to put on a turban, officiating 150 matches between 2004 and 2010.
Meanwhile, his brother Bhupinder grew to become the primary Sikh-Punjabi to serve as a Premier League assistant referee when he ran the road in the match between Southampton and Nottingham Forest in January 2023.
