Yet again an away game with Coote at the helm, the 5th in a row where he has officated.

Yet again he is in the pocket of the crowd and makes some ridiculous decisions.

This time though there is no vitriol from the terraces as all the bias is one way. That doesn't make things any better.

It surely cannot be long before this referee is shown his cards.

This is his 5th successive appalling performance, everything seems to be about him with a subservience to the baying crowd mixed in and a total lack of objectivity. You genuinely get the impression this guy could make any decision, however delerious, any second.

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This would prove to be Coote's final game as a referee.

Shortly after the game video evidence was circulated showing his evident bias *against* Liverpool amid accusations of him havinig being compromised by an assocaite.

The irony knew no bounds, the reality was however that Coote had expressed a dislike for Jurgen Klopp after a contretemps between the pair.

Further video would also show Coote apparently taking cocaine whilst on duty with FIFA.

The fact that Coote was even seen as a FIFA standard referee draws its own deep concerns.

Coote was suspended. That should have been unsurprising however for PGMOL it was not.

A consistently poor referee since the inveption of VAR and something Villa had unfortunately had to experience on multiple occasions, Coote would also apparently be seen on film allegedly admitting influencing games to enable his alleged associates to make bets on in-game outcomes.

Few people, who had been paying attention beyond the recent headlines, were surprised.

Coote was sacked but his apparent admission of match fixing was never publically investigated.