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A former Premier League referee reckons Stuart Attwell was “told what to do” when he awarded Brighton & Hove Albion a penalty against Liverpool on Saturday and believes the match official broke protocol in coming to his reversed decision.

Mark Halsey, 59, who was a Premier League referee between 1999-2013, didn’t like what he saw at the Amex Stadium though.



“I think he’s been told what to do.



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“They’ve got nothing to hide, let us hear what the conversation that is going on between Stockley Park and the match official – just like we hear in cricket, we hear in rugby.

“Also, IFAB (International Football Association Board) protocol is that they have to be looking at the incident in real-time, not in slow-mo.

He told This Is Futbol : “I keep stressing that we need to hear the conversations that are going on between the referee and VAR.