The most famous meeting of the 30th round of the Premier League did not disappoint and provided the fans with a lot of emotions. Liverpool drew 2-2 with Arsenal, although it was the visitors who were winning 2-0 following only 28 minutes of the game. Mohamed Salah missed a penalty, and Arsenal were saved late in the game by Aaron Ramsdale and defenders who cleared the spade from the goal line. There was also a huge controversy, the hero of which turned out to be one of the line judges.
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In the first half of the match there were many breaks due to the sharp play of players from both teams and three goals. The players went to the break with the score 2: 1 for Arsenal, and Andy Robertson decided to use this moment to discuss with one of the line judges. He came very close to him and touched him with his hand, which apparently annoyed the referee. Almost without thinking, he “pushed away” the footballer, hitting him with his elbow in the chin.
According to the rules, neither player should touch the referee with their hands, so Robertson was shown a yellow card following leaving the field. For such behavior, the Scot might even be punished with a red card, and the league commission may exclude him from further matches. Punishment may also await the referee who did not stop his nerves and hit the player. Nothing happened to either party, but such situations are once morest the rules. Shortly following the match, an official statement from the referees’ assessment body in England appeared.
“We are aware of the incident involving assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis and Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson at half-time of the Liverpool-Arsenal match at Anfield. We will certainly analyze the case,” PGMOL said.
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The main match referee was Paul Tierney and the line judges were Constantine Hatzidakis and Scott Ledger. It was Hatzidakis who treated Andy Robertson unpleasantly.
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Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal saw Jurgen Klopp’s side close the gap to European qualification places. They are ten points behind fifth Tottenham. Arsenal, meanwhile, have a six-point lead over second-placed Manchester City.