Many Chelsea fans have labeled Anthony Taylor as 'the worst referee' in football after he made a controversial decision to send off Blues right-back Reece James before half-time in the Liverpool clash.
The west Londoners had got off to the perfect start on Merseyside after German ace Kai Havertz scored his first goal of the season with a lovely looping header from a corner in the 22nd minute.
But, the joy of taking the lead was only short-lived as right before half-time, James was sent off for stopping a goalscoring opportunity when he was adjudged to have handled on the line.
Ex-Blues winger Mohammed Salah converted the spot-kick to level up the contest.
It was a goal that made the magnitude of the task required from Thomas Tuchel's side enormous as his resilient Champions League winners had to go up against a strong Liverpool side a man down in the second period.
Aside from the incident itself, referee Taylor has received a lot of criticism from the Blues faithful on social media after making the decision to dismiss James
Taylor has now sent off three players from the west London club over the years, with the 23-year-old the latest name to feature on that specific statistic with Victor Moses and Mateo Kovacic.
Whether it was a red card or penalty was debatable, but it's understandable to see so many fans angry that the referee has taken the headlines again in what was an absorbing contest between two Premier League title challengers.
Here's how a different selection of Chelsea fans reacted to the referee's decision to send of James.
@Franklaar1 asked: 'So when will Anthony Taylor officiate a Chelsea game and he won’t be the talking point?.'
@kaustubhsp stated: 'Anthony Taylor has an agenda against Chelsea football club. What a shameless referee!! He should never be allowed to referee a Chelsea game in his life.
@NYMetsLARams put: 'Anthony Taylor is the worst referee in the PL. He needs to either be fired or never allowed to referee another Chelsea game.'
@JimmySavloy sarcastically tweeted out a reference to sum the Blues' luck up when Taylor referees their games
He tweeted: 'Anthony Taylor
'When he referees Liverpool games they win 107% of the points they earn on average.
'When he referees United games they win 117% of the point they earn on average.
'When he referees Chelsea games they win 88% of the points they earn on average.'
