New match according to Claus Bo Larsen

[Clapper]

Hi everybody

Maybe this is already posted somewhere, but according to the danish FIFA referee Claus Bo Larsen, allowing Sunderland's goal is a major mistake by the referee and he is convinced, it will result in a new match.

[JohnDoe]

Will never happen.

[Red Chilli]

No chance

[Rich]

I reckon the only outcome from this will be the referee getting demoted

[Clapper]

[QUOTE=JohnDoe;1441163]Will never happen.[/QUOTE

I think you are right, but just passing on info.

[TheElephantMan]

It won't be replayed, but the goal should never ever have stood. It's outrageous, the stupidest refereeing decision ever, the easiest decision ever to get right and the ref got it wrong.

[Dhav]

Either the ref didn't know the rule, or he didn't see the incident. Or perhaps both. If it's the latter that is incompetence, if it's the former it's much worse, incompetence of whole different depth, inexcusable in fact, and the ref shouldn't ref again. Fat Head Bruce was making light of the rule, saying anyone who knows it is a bit of anorak, but for a professional ref at the top level to not know the rule is unjustifiable and completely inexcusable. Demotion would not be a strong enough punishment.

[MrMichael]

Hi everybody

Maybe this is already posted somewhere, but according to the danish FIFA referee Claus Bo Larsen, allowing Sunderland's goal is a major mistake by the referee and he is convinced, it will result in a new match.

Haha, if that happened (which it never will) Steve Bruce's head would probably explode.

[pondus]

Haha, if that happened (which it never will) Steve Bruce's head would probably explode.

An even better reason to have the replay then

[Exiled_red]

I reckon the only outcome from this will be the referee getting demoted

[Exiled_red]

Rafa not blaming fluke for defeat:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...634204,00.html

Liverpool Rafa Benitez refused to blame the fluke goal which gave Sunderland their 1-0 victory.

The only goal at the Stadium of Light arrived after five minutes when Darren Bent's shot deflected off a beach ball and past the helpless Jose Reina.

But Benitez admits the goal should have stood and he could have no complaints about the result after a poor performance.

"It was a special situation, but we didn't play well and so I don't want to talk about that - we didn't play well and we made some mistakes, we gave the ball away and we couldn't take our chances," said Benitez.

"These things happen, it is a bad situation for us as it was in the middle and very influential but we didn't play well and that is the main thing for me."

When asked if he thought the goal should have been disallowed, he replied: "It is a technical question, but if you look at the opposite and the ball went wide, then a goal would not have been given so on this occasion it has to be a goal and that is it.

"We have to do better if we want to win these sort of games."

Title dreams

Benitez also insisted that their fourth defeat in nine league games does not mean their title hopes have gone.

"In a normal season if the teams at the top of the table win every single game then it would be different," he said.

"Look at this year Chelsea have already lost two games and I think this year will see teams at the top losing a lot of games.

"This is bad, but whether it is crucial depends on the next few games, you have to keep your confidence and keep working hard.

"We are not going to talk about the title as we have an important game in midweek and then another game on Sunday. Our priority is to take as many points as we can from every single game.

"We are making some mistakes and we have to try and find the solutions and in these difficult games we have to improve."

He also played down his touchline spat with Steve Bruce.

"There was no argument, I was just asking about the time. I was talking with the fourth official and he wanted to argue with me," he said.

Benitez also said he was hopeful that Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres would be fit to face Lyon in midweek.

"Both are improving but it is too soon to say, we will see how they progress. As a team we have to keep working hard," he concluded.

[vonk]

The result is not the most galling thing. The performance is what was unacceptable. These 10 outfield players (I'm excusing Pepe who was left exposed all day) had a chance to prove those who said we were a two man team wrong. All they did was enhance that with a ****ing inept performance. Defensively we were creaking throughout the game, but survived time and time again. I haven't seen a worse Liverpool performance in the final third in years. Where to start...

Dirk Kuyt up front is a disaster waiting to happen. Time and time again, from Athens to Blackburn, he has proven himself not to be a lone striker. As usual he was dropping so deep, to play a sideways pass or lose the ball, that it was hard to know where he was playing. Then just when you thought Babel was playing up front he is out on the left. If I never see Ryan Babel in a Liverpool shirt again it will bother me not one bit. He is an experiment that has failed and he has taken none of his chances to shine. Liverpool Football Club cannot wait around for him to fulfill his promise. Time to get rid. Yossi Bennyoun is the new Luis Garcia. I'm prepared to excuse him based on his ability to change games occasionally, but he was woeful today. Offered absolutely nothing going forward. Lucas had a decent enough game but what is infuriating about this lad is his apparent lack of desire. Losing the ball, then jogging back as the opponents stream through midfield, is unacceptable. Add to that the amount of really silly free kicks the lad gives away and you have a tackler up there with Scholes. Jay Spearing was a silly choice. Not his fault, but he's clearly not up to it. Carling Cup maybe, but not the Premier League. The much derided Cattermole dominated both today and this was by a stretch the weakest centre mid in recent memory.

What do these players do in training? More precisely, what does Fabio Aurelio do? Because he didn't do much defending. But what was even more galling was his inability to deliver a decent corner or free-kick for 97 minutes. How hard is it to beat the first man, seriously. He made the case for Insua today.

I can't say too much against NGog and Voronin as they didn't get much time. But the lack of a decent backup striker and winger is still, 5 years down the line, our biggest issue. Everything is through the middle and congested. I never once expected anyone off the bench was going to rescue us.

The balloon will take the headlines but it should be the performance. Never in a million years is this squad good enough. Rafa has spent the money but the squad is not even close. I truly believe that a good manager can get the most out of even the worst players but today they looked totally confused with the system, uninspired and lacking in confidence. That is down to the manager. I don't have the solution, but something has to change.

[Kenneth]

There is a certain natural justice involved with one of our supporters throwing the ball on the pitch. Idiot.

[Aza]

Hope it wasn't Craig; he'd have to be put on suicide watch

[The Birdman]

They'd be replying the game if it happened to Man Utd