{"id":373225,"date":"2025-08-25T20:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373225\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:48:18","slug":"simon-hooper-announcement-about-anthony-gordon-red-card-vs-liverpool-after-referee-overturns-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373225\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Hooper announcement about Anthony Gordon red card vs Liverpool after referee overturns decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Gordon was sent off on the stroke of half-time after an on-field VAR review with Liverpool leading Newcastle 1-0<\/p>\n<p>21:08, 25 Aug 2025Updated 21:09, 25 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_GettyImages-2232056630.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Referee Simon Hooper gestures during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St James&#8217; Park on August 25, 2025 (Image: George Wood\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Premier League referee Simon Hooper explained why he overturned his on-field decision before handing Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon a red card in the first half of the clash with Liverpool at St James&#8217; Park. The home side had dominated the opening stages before Ryan Gravenberch put Liverpool ahead with 35 minutes on the clock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Newcastle, who had been fired up going into the match due to the transfer saga involving the two clubs and Alexander Isak, thundered into a number of challenges before Gordon caught Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk high on the thigh on the stroke of half-time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Hooper initially showed the former <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/everton-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a> forward a yellow card but after being sent to the screen by VAR, decided instead to send him off with Van Dijk down hurt.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/newcastle-liverpool-score-live-stream-32345355\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"32345355\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle vs Liverpool LIVE &#8211; score, Ryan Gravenberch goal, Anthony Gordon red card and stream<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/liverpool-team-newcastle-breaking-macallister-32346530\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"32346530\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexis Mac Allister out of Newcastle vs Liverpool as Arne Slot makes injury decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> official confirmed the decision on the pitch, with referees speaking on a microphone to the stadium in new rules brought in for the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Hooper said: &#8220;After review, the Newcastle United number 10 commits a serious foul play challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The challenge is with speed and makes clear contact on the Liverpool number 4&#8217;s calf. My final decision is red card to Newcastle United number 10.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Gordon was sent off on the stroke of half-time after an on-field VAR review with Liverpool leading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,11492,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-373225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-newcastle-united-fc","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115091374304987389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}