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Liverpool legend John Aldridge has called on the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) to stop appointing Anthony Taylor to referee Reds matches.

Taylor has officiated seven Liverpool matches since the beginning of last season, with Jurgen Klopp's side winning all but one of those fixtures - last season's 2-1 defeat to Manchester City .

The FIFA listed referee took charge of the Reds' 1-0 victory over Wolves on Sunday, which was marred by two controversial VAR calls.

Firstly, Adam Lallana was found not to have handled the ball in setting up Sadio Mane, although Virgil van Dijk may have used his hand earlier in the build-up, before Pedro Neto had a goal disallowed for offside.

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Despite both decisions going in Liverpool's favour, Aldridge, who won the First Division with the Reds in 1988, is not a fan of Taylor.

In his column for the Liverpool Echo, the former striker pointed at the fact Taylor is from Wythenshawe, Manchester, and recalled some incidents - including a failure to send off Vincent Kompany - which prove he is unsuitable to referee a match involving the Merseyside club.

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"I do not understand why Anthony Taylor keeps being given Liverpool games to referee," Aldridge wrote in the Liverpool Echo.

"First off, I don't think he's a very good official and it is questionable whether he is of a high enough standard to referee in the Premier League.

But the fact he is from Manchester makes it even more of a problem for the Premier League and PGMOL, the body responsible for match officials.

"Taylor very rarely gives us any big decisions and there are loads of examples. Some fans are saying he is biased against us but he should not be being put in a position where people are even asking the question. It's not right, on him or on us."