Paul Tierney’s Performance Note, Leader of Liverpool vs Manchester United Match

DBasia.news – A match with high prestige will be presented in the 18th week of the 2020-2021 Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester United. The match which will be held at Anfield on Sunday (17/1) led by referee, Paul Tierney.

Liverpool’s match against Manchester United this season is a little different from the last time. The two teams are currently fighting at the top of the standings.

Manchester United occupy the top position after reaping 36 points from 17 matches. Meanwhile, Liverpool are in second place with 33 points.

Inevitably, the match will be said to be able to determine the Premier League champion. Although, it is too early to draw conclusions when half of the season is untouched.

Like other Man United matches against Liverpool, this match was also fierce before it started. Jurgen Klopp began attacking by saying that Man United received more penalties than Liverpool in the last two seasons.

The manager compared the penalties received by the Red Devils with those won by Liverpool in the last five years. According to him, Man United has had more penalty kicks.

For matters of fitting 12 kicks, it is interesting to discuss the progress of referee, Paul Tierney who will lead the match later. He is noted to have given Manchester United more penalties than Liverpool.

Based on Footy Accumulators statistics, Tierney has awarded five penalties in the last 10 games to Manchester United. Meanwhile, the opponent only received one penalty kick.

On the other hand, he has never awarded a penalty to Liverpool in the last 14 games. Meanwhile, the Reds received one penalty kick.

It is interesting to see if Paul Tierney will point to the white point in the match. However, his biggest hope is for the match to be fair.