Liverpool hero John Aldridge says Paul Tierney needs to be suspended from the weekend's Premier League round.

Tierney was the VAR ref for Liverpool's win against Bournemouth, which saw Alexis Mac Allister sent off.

Aldridge wrote for the Liverpool Echo: "Where the issue came from was the fact VAR did not tell the referee, Thomas Bramall, to go to the monitor and review the footage. Just because you go to the monitor doesn't mean it is automatically going to be overturned, but at least go and look at it!

"Paul Tierney was the man in charge of VAR for the game and it is well-documented we have experienced a number of issues with him in the past.

"The fact Tierney has watched that tackle back and believed there was no need to change the on-field decision is remarkable. Football players and managers are punished for mistakes they make, so why should Premier League officials get away with committing errors that can have such an impact on how games pan out? Tierney should be taken off duty for the upcoming weekend.

"Liverpool have now appealed the decision, but who knows whether or not it will be overturned. If you ask any neutral supporter whether Mac Allister should have been sent off, you would probably get around 90 per cent who would say it has to be rescinded.

"That tells you everything. We all know what a red card looks like and that's not it. We have seen far worse challenges go unpunished."