Liverpool — refereeing decisions

Since the Premier League's independent Key Match Incidents panel began publishing, 12 confirmed refereeing errors have involved Liverpool — 2 in their favour and 10 against them, a net expected-goals swing of -5.76 across 12 matches.

More calls against a club is not evidence of bias — the spread between clubs is close to what chance produces. RefCard publishes the ledger, not an accusation.

By season

Every confirmed error involving Liverpool

• 2026-27 · Liverpool v Nottingham Forest (2026-08-29) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went against them. Panel: The panel felt that the referee's call of a penalty was incorrect on-field, 3:2. The contact from Allison was inevitable as a consequence of his momentum in attempting to save the ball - the contact made was not reckless and below the threshold for a penalty. However, the non- intervention by the VAR was unanimously supported on the basis that it was not a clear and obvious error.
• 2025-26 · Liverpool v Bournemouth (2025-08-15) — referee Anthony Taylor; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): red_card_not_shown — Liverpool v Bournemouth. OF vote 1-4, VAR vote 1-4.
• 2025-26 · Liverpool v Brighton (2025-12-13) — referee Craig Pawson; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 on-field below-threshold (B#12): red_card_not_shown — Liverpool v Brighton. No votes (below clear-and-obvious threshold).
• 2025-26 · Manchester City v Liverpool (2025-11-09) — referee unknown; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 on-field below-threshold (B#7): goal_disallowed — Manchester City v Liverpool. No votes (below clear-and-obvious threshold).
• 2024-25 · Liverpool v Everton (2025-04-02) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went against them. Panel: The clear dangerous nature of the challenge is not mitigated by Tarkowski winning the ball first. A clear example of endangering the safety of an opponent.
• 2024-25 · West Ham v Liverpool (2024-12-29) — referee Anthony Taylor; the decision went in their favour. Panel: The panel were split (3:2), with the majority deeming the on-field decision incorrect as 'he [Mac Allister] turns his back on the ball, his only motivation is to impede the attacker [Soler] and throws him to the floor.' The opposing view was that 'there's initial engagement from both players and it doesn't have a clear impact on play.'
• 2024-25 · Fulham v Liverpool (2025-04-06) — referee Chris Kavanagh; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Kelleher is nowhere near the ball, wipes out Pereira and the contact is significant
• 2024-25 · Liverpool v Newcastle (2025-02-26) — referee Stuart Attwell; the decision went against them. Panel: Challenge by Lewis Hall on Mohamed Salah was not given as a penalty by the referee, and VAR did not intervene as the error did not meet the clear and obvious threshold.
• 2023-24 · Liverpool v Arsenal (2023-12-23) — referee Chris Kavanagh; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): penalty_not_awarded (handball Ødegaard) — Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal, min 19. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
• 2023-24 · Tottenham v Liverpool (2023-09-30) — referee Simon Hooper; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): goal_disallowed_wrongly (Díaz; offside comms error) — Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool, min —. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
• 2023-24 · Burnley v Liverpool (2023-12-26) — referee Paul Tierney; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): goal_disallowed_wrongly (Gakpo; wrong foul call on Núñez) — Burnley 0-2 Liverpool, min —. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
• 2023-24 · Liverpool v Bournemouth (2023-08-19) — referee Thomas Bramall; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): red_card_wrongly_shown (Mac Allister) — Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth, min 58. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.