Dalglish vented his fury at the standard of Premier League refereeing after his Liverpool team lost 1–0 at Stoke City. The Scot was enraged after Mark Clattenburg awarded the hosts a penalty in the first half but declined to give one when Matthew Upson appeared to handle Luis Suárez's cross inside the area late on.
The defeat was Liverpool's first of the season, and while Dalglish thought the visitors created enough chances to win the game – particularly during a spell just after the hour when, between them, Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam saw five shots on goal blocked by Stoke's defence in a matter of seconds – he felt the contest was ultimately decided by Clattenburg and hinted cryptically that his side have been victims of a conspiracy by officials throughout this campaign.
"If we play like that again we'll be OK this season, but if we continually get battered by things which are out of control then we're not going to have much chance," said Dalglish. "We've had contentious decisions in every one of our four league games this season. We would like to be respectful to the referees, but more important is them having respect for my club and if I feel we're suffering in any way then I may need to go the same route as other people go and see if I can gain some benefit from that. I'll speak to the owners first and see what they say."
Asked what action he may take Dalglish reiterated his desire "to speak to the owners first", but the obvious route open to him appears to be making a complaint to the Premier League, and perhaps to Mike Riley, the head of the country's referees. The Scot appears to have a case regarding the penalty Liverpool should have had for Upson's handball, but the one scored by Jonathan Walters after he had been hauled down by Jamie Carragher appeared fair. Dalglish's claim that his team have had "contentious decisions" in each of their fixtures this season also appears misplaced.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/sep/10/kenny-dalglish-liverpool-referees
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Ferguson got a 5 game ban for comments on 2 referees, Dalglish is slating refs from 4 games, lets see his punishment.
The defeat was Liverpool's first of the season, and while Dalglish thought the visitors created enough chances to win the game – particularly during a spell just after the hour when, between them, Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam saw five shots on goal blocked by Stoke's defence in a matter of seconds – he felt the contest was ultimately decided by Clattenburg and hinted cryptically that his side have been victims of a conspiracy by officials throughout this campaign.
"If we play like that again we'll be OK this season, but if we continually get battered by things which are out of control then we're not going to have much chance," said Dalglish. "We've had contentious decisions in every one of our four league games this season. We would like to be respectful to the referees, but more important is them having respect for my club and if I feel we're suffering in any way then I may need to go the same route as other people go and see if I can gain some benefit from that. I'll speak to the owners first and see what they say."
Asked what action he may take Dalglish reiterated his desire "to speak to the owners first", but the obvious route open to him appears to be making a complaint to the Premier League, and perhaps to Mike Riley, the head of the country's referees. The Scot appears to have a case regarding the penalty Liverpool should have had for Upson's handball, but the one scored by Jonathan Walters after he had been hauled down by Jamie Carragher appeared fair. Dalglish's claim that his team have had "contentious decisions" in each of their fixtures this season also appears misplaced.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/sep/10/kenny-dalglish-liverpool-referees
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Ferguson got a 5 game ban for comments on 2 referees, Dalglish is slating refs from 4 games, lets see his punishment.
