Anthony Taylor is in fresh row of criticism after he made another error in his first Championship match following his demotion.
Well, he has made the news for the wrong reasons once again, after he made an error during the Championship match between Preston North End and Coventry.
Taylor, 45, was recently under investigation following a startling penalty judgment he made during Wolves vs. Newcastle in the Premier League. The mistake gave the visitors a game-changing spot kick, and the decision sparked strong criticism.
Taylor was temporarily demoted to the Championship in the hopes that he would be able to perform better under less severe scrutiny due to the outcry from the decision against Wolves and other errors he made.
The video of the penalty incident involving Anthony Taylor made rounds on social media following the match with fans calling out the referee.
Following the penalty incident, Preston won the game 3-2, and Coventry slid to 16th position in what they will likely view as an injustice.
This season, Taylor is not the only Premier League referee to be demoted to the Championship due to erroneous decisions.
After mistakenly ruling Luis Diaz’s goal offside during the much-discussed VAR controversy when Liverpool played Tottenham in north London in October, Adrian Holmes was demoted to run the line during Millwall’s home game against Hull in the lower league.
Anthony Taylor
Anthony Taylor is an English professional football referee from Wythenshawe, Manchester. He was born on 20 October 1978.
In 2010, Anthony Tailor was promoted to the list of Select Group Referees, who mostly work in the Premier League. In 2013, he became a listed referee for FIFA, which allowed him to work in European and foreign games.
He officiated the 2015 League Cup final at Wembley in which Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 to win the trophy.
Taylor returned to Wembley later that year to officiate Arsenal’s 1–0 victory over Chelsea in the Community Shield.
The FA Cup finals of 2017 and 2020 were both between Chelsea and Arsenal, with Arsenal emerging victorious 2–1 in both occasions.
Anthony Taylor became the first individual since Arthur Kingscott in 1901 to preside over a second FA Cup final upon his selection.
Chelsea as a club have suffered enormously in the hands of Anthony Taylor. Recall we reported that the Blues fans once petitioned the referee to be fired. The petition reportedly received over 80,000 signatures from angry fans all around the world.
In the petition, they talked about some of his blunders, which include:
- Kovacic red card in FA Cup Final
- Maguire stamp on Batshuayi
- Gazzaniga kick on Alonso
- Romero pulling Cucurella’s hair (This Happened on Sunday, August 15)
- Reece James ‘Handball’ v Liverpool
- Sanchez hand ball in FA Cup final
- Azpilicueta ‘push’
- Maguire hold on Azpilicueta
