Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker on same page over Merseyside derby controversy

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With his side trailing 2-1, Dewsbury-Hall was eager to avoid squandering precious time and delivered the ball to Jack Grealish, but England sounded his whistle and booked the former Leicester player.

David Moyes appeared visibly exasperated on the touchline, whilst Dewsbury-Hall and James Garner expressed their displeasure at the ruling.

Meanwhile, Jack Grealish lambasted the referee in his post-match interview, insisting he has never witnessed a player receive a booking for executing a rapid free-kick throughout his entire career, hinting that the Anfield atmosphere may have swayed the decision.

"I've never seen a player in my whole life get booked for taking a quick free-kick," Grealish told TNT Sports.

Kiernan is on four yellows now and he got one for taking a quick free-kick.

They got a yellow card for taking a quick free-kick.

"Now, it should be encouraged – this is one of my pet peeves, what we need in the game is for free-kicks to be taken a lot quicker because at the moment it takes like a minute.

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So someone gets fouled like they did yesterday, they take a quick free-kick and then they're penalised, double penalised."

Shearer subsequently branded the ruling as "madness", voicing his exasperation at Dewsbury-Hall's yellow card

Your the team that had the foul given for you, yet you're getting booked for taking a quick free-kick on the spot