There was no shortage of talking points when Liverpool travelled to Selhurst Park on Saturday evening.
You had the narrative of Christian Benteke’s first game against his former club since his summer move from the Reds.
You had goals aplenty in a wide open first half.
You had the kit issues.
‘What kit issues?’ you might ask…
These kit issues.
Fans watching the Premier League clash couldn’t help but notice that the referee of the game, Andre Marriner, and his assistants were sporting a colour scheme that was strikingly similar to the Crystal Palace home strip.
The officials’ purple get-up was quite close to the red and blue combination that we’re used to seeing Palace wear which begs the question ‘Why didn’t they just wear black?’
Referee kit is more or less having same contrast as Palace jersey.
— Santhosh Udupa (@udupa_tuttu) October 29, 2016
Am I the only one that thinks the referee's shirt looks very similar to the Crystal Palace ones? (from a distance)
— Jack Lebeau 🏴 (@JackLebeau66) October 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/kevpsmith/status/792408247458205696
Is it just me or does the referee look like a palace player from a distance #LFC
— OnlyBuilt4CubanLinx🇯🇲 (@OnlyBuilt4CL) October 29, 2016
Bit of a kit clash, Palace & referee?
— Andrew Kirby😷 🍥🚴♂️⚽️⛑️ (@AK4INSURANCE) October 29, 2016
Extremely poor shirt colour choice for the referee in the Crystal Palace vs Liverpool match #clash
— Colin Morty (@cmwba) October 29, 2016
Should the referee change top? awful clash with Crystal Palace 🙈
— palmwa32 (@palmwa32) October 29, 2016
That referee top clashes with palace top! Just saying #LFC
— Dave Crawford (@davecrawford84) October 29, 2016
Trying to ignore it but shouldn't the ref and linos have sorted out their colour clash with Palace?
— Tony Evans (@TonyEvans92a) October 29, 2016
The other kit issue at play came with Liverpool’s choice to unleash their ‘Toxic & Thunder’ kit for the tie.
📸 We'll be wearing our @NBFootball 'Toxic & Thunder' kit this evening.#CRYLIV pic.twitter.com/LPcnNVKxt6
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 29, 2016
The blinding luminous green aesthetic was always going to be a polarising one but there seemed to be far more supporters on the ‘hate it’ side of the divide.
I loathe Liverpool's third kit. They look like lemon lime Skittles.
— SG (@itsStephGee) October 29, 2016
That Liverpool kit is making my eyes burn
— ethan (@ethanethaneth) October 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/HCallumH/status/792399688184004612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
*Toxic and chunder
— Mike (@xinspiteofx) October 29, 2016
That Liverpool kit needs to be killed by fire.
— Mitch Freeley (@mitchos) October 29, 2016
Oh wow this Liverpool away kit is hideous.
— Chris (@boompareboom) October 29, 2016
Why Liverpool will lose today:
– Benteke
– No Milner
– That awful, awful kit— ReviewFootball (@ReviewFootball) October 29, 2016
And to think, all those observations were made during a thrill-a-minute first half. Imagine if the opening 45 minutes had been dull.
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