Alexis Mac Allister’s red card will be officially challenged by Liverpool
Liverpool Football Club has taken a big step toward fairness and justice by publicly filing an appeal against the controversial sending off of Alexis Mac Allister during their recent Premier League game against Bournemouth.
The thing that started all the trouble happened just before the hour. Referee Thomas Bramall gave Mac Allister a straight red card after he fought with Ryan Christie of Bournemouth. This key moment happened in the middle of the excitement of Liverpool’s 3-1 win at Anfield. Since the club has chosen to make a formal appeal, let’s see what happens. (From ECHO)
Notably, neither the careful VAR Paul Tierney nor the smart assistant Constantine Hatzidakis thought it was necessary to suggest that the pitchside monitor be used to look at the ruling again. Alexis Mac Allister was in a tough spot after this interesting turn of events, because he was facing a three-match ban that could have big effects on both the player and the team.
Ref Alexis Mac Allister, a star for Liverpool, gets a red card from Thomas Bramall.
The setting in which this story takes place is also important. Alexis Mac Allister, who was making his home debut at the time, was a £35m summer purchase from Brighton.
The Reds to Go to Court
There was a lot of excitement about his performance, and his quick red card gave the story a surprising turn. Liverpool doesn’t take the player’s talent and skills for granted when they spend money on him.
Jurgen Klopp didn’t wait to say that he didn’t agree with the referee’s ruling after the game was over. This loud questioning showed how serious the situation was and suggested that the club might fight the controversial sending-off.
Liverpool will now fight the red card given to Alexis MacAllister.
They will give an update later this week, but Mac Allister is likely to miss Sunday’s game at Newcastle United, as well as games at home against Aston Villa and on the road against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
As we saw with Darwin Nunez’s red card last season, the result of this appeal will have effects that go beyond a three-game suspension. It will change the way the team works and affect how far the team goes in the league.
Mac Allister has been a revelation in our middle, and as good as Curtis Jones can be on his best days, we’d rather have the Argentina international play in important games for now.