Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has said that referee Anthony Taylor has been given an impossible job taking charge of Monday's big Premier League game at Liverpool.
Taylor’s appointment caused an outcry among Liverpool fans because he lives just six miles from Old Trafford, leading to former Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) chief Keith Hackett to criticise the decision as potentially ‘intolerable’.
Now Mourinho has weighed in by claiming the fuss could affect Taylor’s performance for what is regarded as the most hostile fixtures in the English calendar.
He said: ‘I think Mr Taylor is a very good referee but I think somebody with intention is putting such a pressure on him that I feel it will be difficult for him to have a very good performance.