Premier League immediate rule change verdict arrives after Liverpool vs Everton outrage

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Former Premier League referee Dermott Gallagher believes that a stop-clock would have resolved the added-time controversy during the Liverpool and Everton derby.

Only three minutes of stoppage time were played at the end of the second half, leaving many Everton supporters - including David Moyes and Jack Grealish - perplexed.

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Sky Sports pundit Jay Boothroyd was also left scratching his head, while ex-referee Gallagher proposed a solution that has previously been brought up elsewhere.

Boothroyd questioned: "When do we ever see three minutes in this day and age now?

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Following Gallagher's admission of uncertainty, the former Premier League striker accused him of being non-committal.

This goes back into my thing, why don't we play 35 minutes each way, stop the clock like they do in other sports?"

Gallagher's proposal comes after Everton star Grealish expressed his frustration at the lack of added time.

Speaking to TNT Sports after the defeat at Anfield, the Manchester City loanee said: "We couldn't get the last goal and it was frustrating in the second half.

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"They were trying to slow the game down at times.

Even the stoppage time, three minutes and one minute – I've never seen that in the Premier League in the last two or three years."

Moyes also added: "Three minutes was very strange.

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