I think the defender was passing the ball back to the goalie to take the free kick not just underhitting a pass to the goalie which Torres intercepted.
MOTD showed that the ref had turned his back on the restart and didnt have a clue what was happening, you can argue all you like about the technacalities of what happened but there was a deriliction of duty on the part of the ref wanker
Great 'You are The Ref' summary there. Personally, I think the decision stinks. Ref not even looking and a blatant piece of gamesmanship by Liverpool. If it happened the other way round, I think the ref would have struggled to get out of Merseyside. I'm also amazed that this referee is taking control of Premier League fixtures seeing he was responsible for the 'ghost goal' at Watford last season. Lets see what happens when he take charge of a game at Villa Park. I'll wager he'll be the main talking point in the post match thread.
Quote from: Pete3206 on September 26, 2010, 01:07:15 AMGreat 'You are The Ref' summary there. Personally, I think the decision stinks. Ref not even looking and a blatant piece of gamesmanship by Liverpool. If it happened the other way round, I think the ref would have struggled to get out of Merseyside. I'm also amazed that this referee is taking control of Premier League fixtures seeing he was responsible for the 'ghost goal' at Watford last season. Lets see what happens when he take charge of a game at Villa Park. I'll wager he'll be the main talking point in the post match thread. And if we score a goal like that every one of us will say well done ref.
Atwell's made a rod for his own back by allowing it.As soon as he sees that Liverpool are playing on while the Sunderland players laugh at their presumptuousness he has plenty of time to blow his whistle and brought play back - and nobody would have even batted an eyelid, let alone be discussing it on ever forum and phone-in across the land.Best of luck to him, he's going to need it if he's sticking to professional refereeing as a career.