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Liverpool Echo
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Connor O'Neill

Premier League make Kevin Friend decision after Diogo Jota penalty for Liverpool

Referee Kevin Friend has been stood down by the Premier League for next week’s round of fixtures.

Friend’s last Premier League game saw him eventually award Liverpool a penalty against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park - a decision that was later described as 'ridiculous, wrong, pathetic, and stupid' by Alan Shearer.

The official initially gave a goal kick after Palace’s goalkeeper, Vicente Guaita, collided with Diogo Jota inside the box in the dying moments of the game.

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