Supersub Elliott and VAR gets it right - 5 talking points from Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool - Liverpool FC thisisanfield.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisisanfield.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson was critical of Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk’s role in the red card shown to Jordan Ayew in Saturday’s Premier League clash.
Ayew was shown two yellow cards in the space of 15 minutes in the second half and his dismissal coincided with Palace losing their one-goal lead to fall to a 2-1 defeat.
The Ghanaian forward’s first yellow card was for not being the requisite distance of 10 yards from Van Dijk as he attempted to take a quick free-kick for Liverpool, with the Dutchman’s effort cannoning off Ayew and seeing him booked by referee.
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You begin to wonder if the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, the presiding body of football referees, are actually trying to kill off Var as quickly as possible. Because every week they manage to come up with new and convoluted ways of making the system look ridiculous. Every week, instead of helping to prove what a beneficial invention this could be, they seek to make it ever more self-destructive.