Paul Tierney will not referee this weekend's Premier League match after Liverpool's controversial victory
Paul Tierney will not referee this weekend in the Premier League after a controversial moment in Liverpool's victory last Saturday.
Tierney made a mistake in LiverpoolThe 1-0 victory Nottingham Forest on Saturday when he handed the ball to the Reds after a drop-ball situation.
Jurgen KloppThe men advanced at the other end and finally scored in the ninth minute of stoppage time through Darwin Nunez to take the three points.
And the PGMOL has announced that Tierney will not referee any Premier League matches.
On the other hand, the match referee will only be used in VAR functions to ArsenalThe crash against Brentford with Sunny Singh Gill set to make his Premier League debut.
Nottingham Forest were furious with Tierney after the match ended on Saturday.
He even saw Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis storm onto the pitch before being sent off, as well as coach Steven Reid.
The incident that sparked so much controversy occurred in the dying embers of the match, Forest having won a corner before Callum Hudson-Odoi had the ball on the touchline.
However, Ibrahima Konate suffered a head injury in the Liverpool box.
Tierney stopped the play, but the ball reached Reds goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, despite Forest having possession of the ball.
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Liverpool managed to advance to the other end of the pitch (well into nine minutes of stoppage time which had already infuriated Forest) and score through Núñez.
Klopp's men retained first place for the week with city of manchestervictory against manchester united on Sunday keeping them one point behind.
But it could also have a disastrous effect for Forest, who are fighting to remain in the Premier League.
They remain four points from 18th place luton city but an FFP charge could result in points being deducted, as would Everton at the beginning of the season.
