Chris Kavanagh will oversee proceedings from the centre at Anfield this weekend as Manchester Metropolis tackle Arne Slot’s table-topping Liverpool, it has been confirmed.
The Premier League champions can be determined to search out their type as soon as once more this season and cease a rot that’s leaving them additional and additional adrift of the pace-setters heading right into a crunch run of fixtures in December.
With 5 defeats throughout competitions in a row heading into a brand new week, and a gathering with Feyenoord within the UEFA Champions League splitting a 0-4 drubbing by the hands of Tottenham and the conflict with Liverpool, Pep Guardiola should discover options to the issues and quick.
It’s three successive defeats for Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League too, having adopted up consecutive 2-1 defeats on the south coast to Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion with that shock scoreline on the Etihad Stadium final Saturday night.
Liverpool discover themselves in a lot contrasting fortunes having received 4 of their final 5 matches, and got here from behind to safe victory in a testing conflict towards Southampton away from residence final day trip.
Forward of the assembly between Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis, the Premier League have now introduced the listing of match officers to supervise proceedings at Anfield!
Match Referee
Overseeing proceedings from the position of match referee for Liverpool towards Manchester Metropolis can be 39-year-old Manchester-born official Chris Kavanagh, the Premier League have confirmed this week.
This would be the ninth top-flight fixture that Kavanagh has taken on up to now this season, having issued a complete of 49 yellow playing cards throughout his eight matches up to now, together with two yellow card dismissals, two straight pink playing cards, and no penalties awarded.
Manchester Metropolis have a comparatively constructive report in matches overseen by Kavanagh, having come throughout the official in 12 earlier matches and successful eight of these contests, drawing three, and dropping only one. Three penalties have been awarded in that point.
The final contest involving Manchester Metropolis that had Chris Kavanagh as match referee got here away from residence too, with Pep Guardiola’s facet recording a dramatic 1-2 victory over Wolves at Molineux.
Assistant Referees
Supporting Chris Kavanagh from the roles of assistant referees at Anfield on Sunday afternoon can be Lee Betts and Darren Cann.
Video Assistant Referees
Providing steerage and supporting from Stockley Park’s VAR Hub can be Paul Tierney within the position of Video Assistant Referee, with assist from Assistant Video Assistant Referee Tim Wooden.
Fourth Official
Standing between the 2 dugouts and making certain that every one is saved in line between Liverpool’s Arne Slot and Manchester Metropolis’s Pep Guardiola can be Anthony Taylor within the position of fourth official.
