Discovering a referee with little historical past with Liverpool is difficult to come back by, however there needs to be no pre-match controversy to debate with the officers appointed vs. Burnley.
The Reds will doubtless want to say their high spot again from Man City on Saturday, with Pep Guardiola’s aspect dealing with Everton within the lunchtime kick-off earlier than Liverpool get underway at 3pm.
Two factors at present separate the groups and Metropolis have a sport in hand, thrusting us straight again into the agony of watching and ready to see if Guardiola’s aspect will drop factors.
Nonetheless, they don’t seem to be the main focus till the Anfield conflict in March and Klopp’s aspect will solely have Burnley on their minds on Saturday.
The Premier League have now confirmed their refereeing group appointments and Tim Robinson might be in command of the fixture, his first overseeing the Reds within the topflight.
Robinson has, nevertheless, been in command of Liverpool earlier than. He was the referee in two of the League Cup video games, first towards Leicester, which resulted in a 3-1 win, and West Ham (5-1).
Eddie Sensible and Nick Greenhalgh are his assistants on the touchline whereas Tom Bramall is fourth official, and the lead VAR operator is Stuart Attwell, supported by Marc Perry.
Robinson was one of many two officers promoted from the Soccer League over the summer season and has to this point awarded 5 penalties this season and averages 4 yellow playing cards per sport.
For the fifth time this season, Liverpool had a participant proven a pink card as Ibrahima Konate was dismissed towards Arsenal – he’s suspended for the Burnley match and Jarell Quansah is anticipated to take his place.