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title: "Liverpool: Fans react to referee appointment for Chelsea encounter"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fans-react-to-referee-appointment-for-chelsea-encounter/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Nathan Linley"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2021-03-03T11:10:08Z"
modified: "2021-03-03T11:10:08Z"
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# Liverpool: Fans react to referee appointment for Chelsea encounter

**Many Liverpool fans are not impressed with who has been appointed to take charge of Thursday’s crunch clash against Chelsea.**

The [Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/news/2041003) have announced that Craig Pawson will be the referee for the game at Anfield and with Paul Tierney as the VAR official.

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Jurgen Klopp’s side have won just [once from their last five](https://www.fotmob.com/teams/8650/overview/liverpool) encounters, in a slump that saw the German tactician [admit](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12216761/liverpool-boss-jurgen-klopp-concedes-premier-league-title-hopes-are-over-following-leicester-collapse) that their title charge was over for this season.

Last time out, they managed to comfortably beat Sheffield United at Bramall Lane though, with a [2-0](https://www.fotmob.com/livescores/3411606/matchfacts/sheffield-united-vs-liverpool) win, with Curtis Jones and a deflected Roberto Firmino strike sealing the deal. Victory on Thursday would see them jump Chelsea and West Ham into the top four, although the Hammers will have a game in hand.

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But after being on the end of several [controversial VAR decisions](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-premier-league/story/4182135/how-var-decisions-affected-every-premier-league-club-in-2020-21) this season, supporters were not optimistic about the Premier League’s decision and feared that more judgments may be given against their team.

### Pawson and Tierney didn’t impress these Kop fans

**“Pawson and Tierney,match made in hell”**

[Credit: @Gavstar79](https://twitter.com/Gavstar79/status/1366730813694496772)

**“Tierney on VAR is a disaster. I can already imagine him drawing those red & blue lines way of the mark.”**

[Credit: @NAtanason](https://twitter.com/NAtanason/status/1366731667843338242)

**“Pawson will award a soft penalty. Tierney will tell him it’s a stone wall one.”**

[Credit: @Liverpool3131](https://twitter.com/Liverpool3131/status/1366760718742269956)

**“Well that’s us stuffed then”**

[Credit: @DenMar7777](https://twitter.com/DenMar7777/status/1366748372460257280)

**“Just wanna go back to the days where you didn’t care which refs are on your game”**

[Credit: @FowadZ23](https://twitter.com/FowadZ23/status/1366725121470320644)

**“Why can’t we just have a decent referee for once”**

[Credit: @JustinC94019825](https://twitter.com/JustinC94019825/status/1366746879934025730)

*In other news, **[Ex-Liverpool star makes surprising team news claim regarding £20m big-name star.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fc-news/liverpool-jose-enrique-wants-jones-to-start-over-thiago-in-fully-fit-midfield/)***