The nightmare engulfed Man Utd, Liverpool and Man City
A series of confusing and controversial decisions by the referees caused Man Utd, Liverpool, and Man City to receive defeat in round 7 of the Premier League.
Round 7 of the Premier League just witnessed a series of surprises when the big men all fell bitterly. At home, Man Utd received a humiliating 0-1 defeat against the opponent they had just overcome in the Federation Cup in midweek, Crystal Palace. Meanwhile, both Man City and Liverpool also suffered empty-handed in their away trips against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. More significantly, it was the referees’ supposedly disastrous decisions that caused the three Premier League giants to hang their shirts .
In the 59th minute of the match at Old Trafford, Bruno Fernandes had a cross for Marcus Rashford. The ball touched Palace’s Joel Ward’s hand in the penalty area, but referee Chris Kavanagh and the entire VAR team said no. The slow motion shows that the away team player put his hand quite far away from his body and this was a somewhat unfair decision for Man Utd. During the match, the king in black also had many situations where he did not give a penalty for rough tackling by coach Roy Hodgson’s team. As a result, Mr. Erik ten Hag and his team had to accept defeat with the minimum score against their opponents.
Man Utd received a humiliating defeat against Crystal Palace in round 7 of EPL.
Meanwhile, at Molineux, Man City also lost to Wolverhampton on a day when striker Hwang Hee-chan should have received a red card in the first half. The Korean international received a yellow card in the 24th minute after a foul. foul and had a similar situation with Kyle Walker later, but the referee was lenient with this player. More worth mentioning, it was the player born in 1996 who finished off the defending champion with a goal in the 66th minute, sealing a 2-1 victory for the home team.
The most bitter was probably Liverpool’s trip to Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium. Coach Jurgen Klopp’s team was too unlucky to receive two red cards from Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota. Along with that, they were also robbed of a legitimate goal by Luis Diaz, a situation in which referee Simon Hooper determined this player’s offside and VAR did not get involved. The German strategist described this as the most unfair match in his career that he had to go through and the British Arbitration Management Authority (PGMOL) also had to apologize to The Kop and the fans.
Refereeing in the Premier League is facing too many problems.
Not just round 7, refereeing in the Premier League during the first rounds of this season is really a problem that is causing too many problems. It has greatly affected the reputation and face of the EPL. For a tournament that is considered the most attractive in the world, those mistakes really cause the confidence of clubs and fans to seriously decrease. It will certainly directly affect the final results of this season. This is clearly an intractable stain on the Premier League.