{"id":199616,"date":"2025-10-14T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/199616\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:52:10","slug":"man-utd-vs-liverpool-referee-confirmed-he-once-made-scandalous-call-in-same-fixture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/199616\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd vs Liverpool referee confirmed, he once made scandalous call in same fixture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United are at Anfield this weekend to take on Liverpool, and with it likely being a game decided by tight margins, every little thing counts.<\/p>\n<p>While the idea of heading to Anfield is one which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> fans may find daunting, considering it was only three years ago that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-reasons-manchester-united-lost-7-0-to-liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool thrashed Erik ten Hag 7-0<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, in reality, this season has seen Liverpool undergoing their own struggles, being nowhere near as good as the early form showcased.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p>This has come to roost over the past few weeks, with Liverpool losing three on the bounce heading into this clash, while United have won two from three.<\/p>\n<p>This season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/five-reasons-for-manchester-united-and-ruben-amorim-to-be-positive-in-2025-26-after-seven-games\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United have plenty to be positive about<\/a>, but beating Liverpool would ignite something never before achieved under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim<\/a>. Now the referee to oversee this clash has been announced, and it won\u2019t be popular at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1862740539-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Diogo Dalot with hands on hips after being sent off for Manchester United.\" class=\"wp-image-162702\" \/>Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty ImagesManchester United vs Liverpool referee and match officials confirmed<\/p>\n<p>In the big games, often there is lots of attention around who the match officials will be, given how many have made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/worst-man-utd-var-decisions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">troubling refereeing decisions at the expense of United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This coming weekend, against Liverpool, there will be some unhappy players in the United camp as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/news\/4436974\/match-officials-for-matchweek-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Premier League<\/a> confirmed that the referee is Michael Oliver, who has had several high-profile moments taking charge of United games.<\/p>\n<p>Referee: Michael Oliver<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Referee: Stuart Burt<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Referee: Timothy Wood<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Official: Craig Pawson<\/p>\n<p>Video Assistant Referee: Darren England<\/p>\n<p>Additional Video Assistant Referee: James Bell<\/p>\n<p>This appointment won\u2019t please United captain Bruno Fernandes. This is because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/bruno-fernandes-fumes-at-referee-michael-oliver-and-two-more-moments-missed-in-manchester-united-defeat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernandes and Oliver have a long history<\/a> with plenty of clashes between the two, which won\u2019t make Sunday a happy outing.<\/p>\n<p>There is also one other player who won\u2019t be excited to see Oliver.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Oliver was responsible for Diogo Dalot sending off in 2023<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest refereeing blunders for United in recent memory was back in December 2023, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/diogo-dalot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diogo Dalot<\/a> saw red against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/former-referee-dermot-gallagher-gives-his-verdict-on-diogo-dalots-red-card\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver to show Dalot a second yellow card for venting his frustration<\/a> in the form of waving his arm around, a considerable distance from the referee.<\/p>\n<p>The frustration came as Dalot thought he had just won his team a late throw-in, which replays showed he had, but Oliver sent him off anyway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/united-fans-are-all-in-agreement-following-diogo-dalots-red-card-against-liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United fans were furious with the decision<\/a>, as it really made no sense considering how often players get away with more obvious and direct shows of frustration. <\/p>\n<p>United will be hoping to avoid any situations like this on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are at Anfield this weekend to take on Liverpool, and with it likely being a game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3938,218,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-199616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-diogo-dalot","tag-football","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}