Brentford and Liverpool players had a longer than expected wait to resume play at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday night following a referee injury.
Simon Hooper, the match official at kick-off, swapped places with fourth official Tim Robinson—not something you see every day in the Premier League. The halftime break is usually 15 minutes, but the wait for the restart went over as Robinson and Hooper had to get themselves prepared.
The original referee on the night had been booed off the pitch to end the first half. A minimum of three minutes were added on, but the half ended with nearly five additional minutes giving Milos Kerkez ample time to cut Liverpool’s deficit in half.
Some fans in the ground appeared unaware of the change despite the delay and booed Robinson as he came out.
