Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has claimed that Paul Tierney will be feeling ‘mortified’ over his actions during Liverpool and Nottingham Forest over the weekend.
Darwin Nunez stood up to head home in the last minute of nine extra minutes at the City Ground, giving the Reds a crucial three points right at the end. But two minutes before the goal, there was a controversial incident involving a drop-ball, so Forest supporters felt betrayed.
After Ibrahim Konate collided with one of his own players, Tierney disregarded the rules. Although Forest was in possession, the referee stopped the game and awarded the ball to Liverpool—a call that Alan Shearer referred to as “totally wrong.” Additionally, the Sky Sports Ref Watch panel—which also includes Gallagher and former players Sue Smith and Stephen Warnock—agreed with the ruling. But Gallagher disclosed the guidelines and what Tierney had done incorrectly.
“The legislation has been modified. As a result of the ball leaving the penalty area, the drop-ball requirements are as follows: A) to the team in possession of the ball; as Calum Hudson-Odoi was in possession, you may choose to pass the ball to him or one of his teammates, but it must be dropped at the same moment when he stopped it. That’s the reason it doesn’t go back to Kelleher—he didn’t stop it in the penalty area.
“I don’t see how that is directly related to the goal because the game lasted for a very long time—one minute and fifty seconds—so what happens is really a red herring. Without a sure, Tierney will be asking himself, “How did I make this mistake?,” as well as, “Why didn’t one of my colleagues say anything?” When asked why VAR couldn’t intervene, Gallagher clarified, saying, “Since it didn’t result in a goal straight away, VAR couldn’t get involved. They don’t watch restarts, and this one was as well.”
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