Premier League referee David Coote’s contract terminated for breach of contract
Premier League referee David Coote has had his contract terminated by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) for ‘breach of contract.
Following the abuse on social media after conceding a penalty to Napoli, Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson reportedly deactivated his Twitter account.
On Wednesday, the defining moment came from the spot as the Scottish defender Robertson was penalised in the 80th minute of the game for a foul in the box on Jose Callejon.
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Notably, Napoli outplayed Liverpool 2-0 at the San Paolo Stadium on Wednesday. Dries Mertens in the 82nd minute scored for the hosts after being awarded a penalty. Later, in the 90+2nd minute, Fernando Llorente scored another goal and locked a stunning defeat for the visitors.
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After the loss, a small section of Liverpool supporters targeted Robertson online and criticised him a lot, reportedly forcing him to deactivate his account.
One of the supporters noticed this and shared a picture of the account on Twitter, telling those who abused Robertson they are not true Liverpool fans.
See the post:
Any fan Liverpool Fan giving abuse to arguably our greatest Left Back abuse isnt a fan!
Andy Robertson is by far the beat LB in the world right now, and doesnt deserve any abuse! pic.twitter.com/Wh4ZiZtYXO
— Elliot Menzies #LFC 🔴⚪🏴 (@Scotlandliverp1) September 18, 2019
However, there has been much debate over whether the spot kick should have been awarded, including Reds manager Jurgen Klopp terming the penalty call a “clear and obvious” mistake.
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