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Ex-Premier League Referee Says Liverpool Incident Was Worse Than Bentancur Headbutt
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Oct 19, 2026, 12:45 PM GMT+1

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There were plenty of talking points from the game between Brentford and Liverpool at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday.

The Reds claimed all three points to leapfrog the Bees in the Premier League table and into fifth place, coming from behind to do so, but that does not tell even half of the story.

There were two red cards in the match and a penalty overturned by VAR, making it one of the most talked about matches of the gameweek.

Keane Lewis-Potter put the home side in front right before half-time, after Bradley Barcola had missed a glorious chance to give the visitors the lead. But before the half-time whistle blew, there was another incident as the Bees were reduced to ten men after Yehor Yarmolyuk put his head into the head of Jeremy Jacquet, following some pushing and shoving between the pair.

Referee John Brooks did not see it on the field, but VAR intervened and suggested he show the Brentford star a red card.

Liverpool would go on to turn the game around in the second half, with goals from Victor Munoz and Alexander Isak, before the home side were reduced to nine men when Vitaly Janelt was sent off in second half injury-time.

Former Premier League referee Graham Barber, who delivers his verdict on the weekend's matches exclusively for GIVEMESPORT, could not believe what he witnessed. Particularly after what happened the previous week between Rodrigo Bentancur and Luke Shaw in the Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur clash.

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Barber said: "I mean, what is Yarmolyuk thinking? I mean, honestly, what is he thinking? We talked last week about the Luke Shaw and Bentancur incident which everybody thought was a red card, but a week later he does the same thing, but probably even worse.

"I think even his club will find it very difficult to argue about that decision, but what I don't understand in those situations, why he tries to adopt that attitude, because they know it's going to get analysed, they're not going to get away with it, you know that these days you're in trouble so why do it in the first place? I don't understand it, he's a professional footballer."

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