Gary Neville feels that the response to the weekend’s refereeing error that came before Liverpool’s victory over Nottingham Forest is “pushing the boundaries.”

Paul Tierney, the matchday coordinator for Saturday’s Premier League game at the City Ground. after a play-stoppage so that Ibrahima Konate could be treated for a head injury, returned the ball to Liverpool in injury time.

Since Forest was in control when play ended, they ought to have been the ones to take possession following an uncontested drop-ball.After that event, it took over two minutes for Liverpool to score when Darwin Nunez nodded in the winning goal in the 99th minute, sparking celebration among the visitors and indignation on the part of Forest.

Tierney’s performance has drawn criticism from former Premier League referees Mike Dean and Mark Clattenburg, who serves as a referee commentator for Forest. Dean described Tierney’s error as a massive one.Mike Dean called it a “monumental error” in his interview that I watched earlier today, former Manchester United defender turned pundit Neville said on the Gary Neville Podcast. “The guy from Nottingham Forest is undoubtedly in possession, but the goal was scored a minute and fifty [seconds] later. In football, two minutes is an absolute age.

“The notion that it constituted a’monumental error’… I get that it was an error and a source of annoyance, but I feel like we’re overanalyzing what was, in my opinion, a routine mistake.

“You see them quite regularly in a season.”

At the time, supporters voiced their disapproval, and Evangelos Marinakis, the club chairman, even went on the ground to protest the decision to return the ball to Liverpool.

While acknowledging that Tierney made a mistake, the former Manchester United right defender said that the response as a whole has been excessive.

“The owner on the pitch and the Mark Clattenburg nonsense, I can’t buy into,” Neville stated.

“I believe that some of the actions teams are doing are going too far and encouraging animosity and resentment toward referees.

“I think that’s a mistake. It’s merely an error. It’s possible that Liverpool would not have scored in any case.

“We have to exercise some moderation right now. Not as horrible as when we started dating, in my opinion.”

What is the purpose of the constant radio mentions of Clattenburg? A rerun of the game? Clubs don’t seem to understand that incorrect decisions might occasionally be made against you.

The premise for this season is that, rather than simply believing that “you’re going to get a shocker against you at some point,” there almost needs to be retaliation or payback, more action. That’s how football works.

“I didn’t even consider that choice to be shocking. It wasn’t shocking; it was horrible.”