We usually see Liverpool players quickly counter-pressing high up the field but Oliver also ruined that for us as early on he blew against us a few times for counter-press situations that we normally are allowed. The players learned they couldn’t do it today and that took away a lot of our ability to win the ball back.
That’s the stuff that isn’t commented on often but that’s how the man with the whistle levelled the playing field - he took away a key element of our game early.
Phil Jagielka said at full-time that if it hadn’t been the last Goodison game the 2nd goal is ruled out. If thats coming from an Everton stalwart its a damming indictment of the call.
But your still happy to criticise our lads for not being fucking perfect in the face of corrupt refereeing?
I didn’t see the same tolerance afforded to us even if a toe nail was offside and several lines would be drawn and then they would go three prior plays to find a reason to disallow our goal and that has happened several times.
Hallelujah someone else gets it.
Two points tonight… One noticed by me, and one my lad mentioned.
Its going to be interesting watching all the apologists Dean, Gallagher and the likes explain it away tomorrow.
I am not disagreeing with that. We were most definitely robbed. I don’t care how poor we were, we shouldn’t have had to beat the match officials as well.
Oliver is a fucking corrupt, cheating piece of fucking shit. This is also true of several of his colleagues, and his boss.
On that note I bid you all Goodnight.
We’re talking about MICHAEL Oliver here, right???
I know it has been mentioned that the two players never went off the pitch after the head injury… because both got injured… but I thought that was only if it was a player from each team, not the same team… 
I’ll tell you exactly what they’ll say. They’ll mention the first goal and say it was a dive, then they’ll say Bradley is lucky not to be sent off for Doucoure’s dive, then they’ll say no penalty correct decision for the handball against Konate and finally they’ll either completely ignore the push on Konate for the 2nd or just blow past it by saying “Nah, not enough for me”.
There will be no mention of the 20 fouls against Liverpool, the 3 of the 5 dives will go unmentioned, nothing about Nunez being dragged down in the box and nothing about Salah getting hacked on the counter.
Like I’ve said, I’ve seen worse refereeing and I’ve seen teams that have dealt with it much better. I don’t think that Slot will be happy about his reaction in the morning.
I think it was the most consistently one sided performance I’ve ever seen. Oliver did not make any outrageous decisions and there were no absolutely howlers. I have seen worse decisions than anything Oliver gave today.
But but he did, to an extent I don’t think I have ever seen, was consistently give Everton the rub in every situation. Every 50/50 to them. Physical as they wanted with us. We could not breath on them. We had 60% of the possession and apparently committed more than two thirds of the fouls.
Basically he was doing absolutely everything he could do, within reason, to try and ensure Everton did not lose their final Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park.
I know you see corruption, and that’s your right. I see a weak as piss referee who consistently bends to pressure and will not go against a hostile home crowd.
If 2 player’s from the same team go down neither go off if treated. I only know this because there is a clip of Jose telling Chelsea player’s this if one goes down another needs to as well to stop them playing with 10 men. I think its before Barca semi.
Play was stopped at 93:45. Play resumed at 95:45. The goal is scored at 97:10.
Ali spends at least 90 seconds of the added time playing smartass with goal kicks. There’s a reason it’s a minimum.
Red Card All Day Long That Vice Like Grip :0)
I would have not shaked Oliver’s hand and just walked off.
Not a great performance, but we still should have won. Refereeing was dreadful, including fouls on Salah and Konate at the end, and extra time added as well. Inexcusable really. Frustrating result. Two points dropped.
