Liverpool have found the identification of the referee for his or her top-flight conflict at house to Crystal Palace subsequent Sunday.
The Premier League have confirmed the appointments of match officers for the weekend’s fixtures, with Chris Kavanagh set to take cost of the sport at Anfield.
Simon Bennett and Dan Robathan will run the touchlines, with Keith Stroud as fourth official. Michael Oliver is on VAR, with help from Stuart Burt.
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This can be Kavanagh’s fifth time taking cost of a Liverpool recreation this season, having refereed the house wins over West Ham and Nottingham Forest, in addition to the Carabao Cup ultimate (Transfermarkt).
He was additionally the person within the center for the 1-1 draw in opposition to Arsenal at Anfield in December, when he missed a blatant handball by Martin Odegaard within the penalty space and was subsequently achieved no favours by David Coote, who had the luxurious of VAR and nonetheless by some means did not intervene.
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Oliver was additionally on the centre of a spot kick storm in a gathering of two title rivals on Merseyside this time period, having neglected to sanction Jeremy Doku for a excessive sort out on Alexis Mac Allister when Manchester Metropolis visited L4 a month in the past. He too was let down by Stuart Attwell in Stockley Park.
Let’s hope that Liverpool can get the higher of Palace for the second time in 2023/24 – a repeat of the 1-1 draw when the Eagles final got here to Anfield can be an enormous dent to our title hopes – and in addition that Kavanagh and his refereeing crew aren’t dominating the post-match dialogue.
