{"id":298361,"date":"2023-12-04T14:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=298361"},"modified":"2023-12-04T14:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:24:44","slug":"simon-hooper-will-referee-sheffield-united-vs-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/simon-hooper-will-referee-sheffield-united-vs-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Hooper WILL referee\u00a0Sheffield United vs Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Man City blunder ref Simon Hooper, who whistled to stop Jack Grealish when he was through on goal, WON&#8217;T be taken off Liverpool&#8217;s match this week &#8211; despite Erling Haaland&#8217;s fury<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simon Hooper will referee Sheff Utd&#8217;s game against Liverpool on Wednesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He will not be hooked for his error in Manchester City&#8217;s clash with Tottenham<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Manchester United in a mess &#8211; they have a collapse in them &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simon Hooper will remain referee for Sheffield United versus Liverpool on Wednesday night, with the 41-year-old avoiding being sidelined for his late error which enraged Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>PGMOL insiders say there will be no change to the midweek refereeing rota, though it is being acknowledged privately that Hooper made a mistake in not playing advantage when Erling Haaland set up Jack Grealish late in Sunday\u2019s 3-3 draw with Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>Though City were left furious by the failure to let Grealish run through on goal \u2013 and Hooper faced significant abuse on social media in the aftermath, including threats against his family \u2013 the consensus is human errors can happen in the heat of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Footballing figures such as Mail Sport columnist Chris Sutton have likewise pointed out that Hooper was not the only one who made a mistake in Sunday\u2019s scintillating Premier League clash.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland led the protests against Hooper on the pitch for killing the promising attack, though some of his fury may have stemmed from his own frustration at not taking his chances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/12\/78553833-12823263-image-a-22_1701694097966.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/12\/78553841-12823263-image-m-25_1701694119552.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Simon Hooper (left) will remain referee for Sheffield United vs Liverpool on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/12\/78552155-12823263-Grealish_could_have_gone_in_to_score_and_win_the_game_but_the_Ma-a-26_1701694194089.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hooper denied City a goal-scoring opportunity by blowing his whistle on Sunday night\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/12\/78534869-12823263-City_striker_Erling_Haaland_left_is_tripped_by_Spurs_Emerson_Roy-a-27_1701694223876.jpg\" height=\"249\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>City striker Erling Haaland (left) was tripped by Tottenham&#8217;s\u2019 Emerson Royal and Hooper (right) looks as though he was about to blow for a foul<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/12\/78534875-12823263-However_Hooper_then_raises_his_arm_as_he_looks_to_play_advantage-a-28_1701694252475.jpg\" height=\"255\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hooper raised his arm and looked to play advantage with Haaland releasing Jack Grealish (left)<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton wrote in his Monday column: \u2018Simon Hooper made a mistake, a big one, but then plenty of players made mistakes in this 3-3 thriller, arguably bigger ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That includes Erling Haaland, who missed an open goal and yet was screaming in Hooper&#8217;s face as if he alone had stopped Manchester City from winning.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Hooper was stood down earlier this season after failing to award a penalty to Wolves in their 1-0 loss to Manchester United for a stoppage-time challenge by Andre Onana on Sasa Kalajdzic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/12\/78534871-12823263-The_ball_from_Haaland_is_perfect_and_Grealish_is_onside_as_he_ti-a-29_1701694294303.jpg\" height=\"271\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Grealish picked up the ball and looked to drive forwards but Hooper blew his whistle\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/12\/78534873-12823263-Grealish_is_clean_through_albeit_with_three_Spurs_players_furiou-a-30_1701694345870.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Grealish (left) was clean through, albeit with three Spurs players furiously backtracking<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/12\/78546205-12823263-He_appeared_to_scream_F_off_F_off_towards_Hooper_which_saw_him_e-a-31_1701694370794.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Haaland was furious and confront Hooper &#8211; 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F*** off!&#8217; at him<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12823263\/Simon-Hooper-referee-Sheffield-United-vs-Liverpool-not-punished-Howard-Webb-error-Manchester-Citys-draw-Tottenham.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man City blunder ref Simon Hooper, who whistled to stop Jack Grealish when he was through on goal, WON&#8217;T be taken off Liverpool&#8217;s match this week &#8211; despite Erling Haaland&#8217;s fury Simon Hooper will referee Sheff Utd&#8217;s game against Liverpool on Wednesday He will not be hooked for his error in Manchester City&#8217;s clash with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Simon Hooper WILL referee\u00a0Sheffield United vs Liverpool - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/simon-hooper-will-referee-sheffield-united-vs-liverpool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simon Hooper WILL referee\u00a0Sheffield United vs Liverpool - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Man City blunder ref Simon Hooper, who whistled to stop Jack Grealish when he was through on goal, WON&#8217;T be taken off Liverpool&#8217;s match this week &#8211; 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