{"id":295838,"date":"2023-10-11T00:45:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295838"},"modified":"2023-10-11T00:45:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:45:40","slug":"liverpool-fans-fume-as-howard-webb-hiding-away-from-pascal-gross-red-card-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/liverpool-fans-fume-as-howard-webb-hiding-away-from-pascal-gross-red-card-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool fans fume as Howard Webb &#8216;hiding away&#8217; from Pascal Gross red card call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool fans have accused referees\u2019 chief Howard Webb of \u2018hiding away\u2019 from another contentious decision involving their side.<\/p>\n<p> Webb has appeared on the new Match Officials: Mic\u2019d Up show, where the PGMOL boss sheds light on high-profile and controversial decisions as part of a drive for greater transparency. Naturally, Luis Diaz\u2019s disallowed goal against Tottenham \u2013 the result of a VAR communications cock-up \u2013 took centre stage while a number of other decisions were analysed. <\/p>\n<p> However, another call which went against Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side was overlooked. When Brighton\u2019s Pascal Gross conceded a penalty for bringing down Dominik Szoboszlai on Sunday, he escaped a card as VAR deemed him not to have denied a clear goalscoring opportunity. <\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b> James Maddison makes Liverpool &apos;replay&apos; dig at Trent Alexander-Arnold on England duty <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b> Michael Owen defends VAR after Liverpool controversy with &apos;farcical&apos; refereeing examples <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mo Salah scored from the spot to give Liverpool the lead but Brighton levelled in the second half as the match ended 2-2. However, some Liverpool fans were adamant Gross should have seen red and hit out at Webb for not discussing it on Mic\u2019d Up.<\/p>\n<p>One asked: \u201cWhere\u2019s the red card that wasn\u2019t given? Not a goalscoring opportunity my a***. Dom just taps it in if he\u2019s not dragged back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b> <i>What did you think of Howard Webb&apos;s latest appearance on Mic\u2019d Up? Tell us in the comments section<\/i><\/b><i><b> below<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30871609.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_WEBB2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> Another moaned: \u201cNever any of the subjective #LFC ones. Jones\/Mac Allister\/Szob chat.\u201d A third commented: \u201cSo Webb hiding away the audio from the Gross challenge v Liverpool then. No surprise there.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>PGMOL rules offer a clue as to why Gross stayed on the pitch, although the absence of at least a booking will still surprise some.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31156594.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_JS313679858.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The rules state: \u201cWhere a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offender is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball or a challenge for the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.), the offending player must be sent off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/howard-webb-liverpool-brighton-gross-31156580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool fans have accused referees\u2019 chief Howard Webb of \u2018hiding away\u2019 from another contentious decision involving their side. 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