A netizens with the @ LFC_Ireland78 account revealed the activities of four of the many Premier League referees while on vacation in the summer of 2020. The account wrote, four Premier League referees namely David Coote, Andre Marriner, Kevin Friend and Martin Atkinson had a vacation in the summer of 2020 in Indonesia (It is not certain what city in Indonesia the four referees are aiming for).
Ironically, the names of referees mentioned above have given bad results for Liverpool in the Premier League this season.
(4 Premier League referees reportedly while on holiday in Indonesia (Photo: @ LFC_Ireland78)
“Which referee is the worst official in Liverpool’s game this season? Here comes the short list, namely Andre Marriner, Kevin Friend, Martin Atkinson and David Coote, “wrote the account @ LFC_Ireland78.
“Anyone remember the trip of the above names to Indonesia without their wives last summer? Coincidence ?, ”continued the account.
Martin Atkinson became the first referee to give Liverpool a bad result. Come to Aston Villa’s headquarters in the fourth week of the 2020-2021 Premier League, the Reds unexpectedly lost 2-7! In this fight, no controversial decisions were made by Martin Atkinson.
Then in the fifth week, it was David Coote’s turn to monitor Liverpool’s match when they visited Everton’s headquarters. It’s just that David Coote only acts as a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) monitor, but has a hand in the decisions made by the court at that time, Michael Oliver.
It’s just that, David Coote is considered to have made a mistake. First, David Coote failed to identify a foul by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford against Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk. At that time, Coote only gave a report to the referee who led the match, Michael Oliver, that Van Dijk was caught offside before the incident occurred.
In fact, regardless of whether Van Dijk is offside or not, many observers say Pickford deserves to be rewarded a red card for the offense committed against the Dutch defender. At that time, Pickford was caught shooting Van Dijk’s knee. As a result, Van Dijk’s knee ligament was damaged and had to be out for a long period.
(Van Dijk’s knee when beaten by Pickford)
Then, another controversial moment made by Coote was thwarting Liverpool’s victory. In 90 + 2 minutes, Liverpool actually scored a 3-2 winning goal via Jordan Henderson’s shot after receiving Sadio Mane’s cross.
However, in Coote’s observation, Mane was said to have been caught offside before releasing a pass to Henderson. In fact, in the VAR program, Mane was far from offside.
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Because of this, Liverpool filed a protest against Coote’s actions to the Premier League Referee Authority, namely PGMOL. Because of the protest launched by Liverpool, Coote was released from his job the following week.
