Pep Lijnders has dismissed criticism of Mohamed Salah as the Liverpool attacker heads back to Merseyside from the Africa Cup of Nations. “The only reason our medical team and their medical team decided for him to come back is to give him the best possible chance of being available for the final if Egypt get there.” Egypt initially announced that …
Video Assistant Referee officials Darren England and Dan Cook have been replaced for two games this matchweek after Liverpool wrongly had a goal disallowed in its 2-1 Premier League defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. The referees’ body, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, later admitted it was the wrong decision to disallow Diaz’s effort, blaming human error, and “should …
Assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis will face no further action from the English Football Association despite an elbow on Liverpool defender Andy Robertson. Hatzidakis was stood down during the FA investigation but has now been cleared of any wrongdoing and is free to continue officiating “We have thoroughly reviewed all of the evidence in relation to the recent incident at Anfield …