BAFFLED defender Gary Cahill hopes Rob Styles will hold up his hands for another refereeing blunder.

The young centre half was at a loss to explain why his 45th-minute header was chalked out at the Reebok Stadium, a goal that would have sent Wanderers in level at half-time.

Styles – who in September apologised to Gary Megson after wrongly awarding a penalty to Manchester United at Old Trafford – judged that Kevin Nolan had fouled Reds keeper Pepe Reina before the ball went into the net.

Liverpool eventually doubled their advantage to win the game 2-0, leaving Cahill to reflect on another erratic afternoon’s work by the Hampshire-based official.

“I don’t want to start picking and poking but there were a couple of decisions that absolutely baffled me,” he said.

“Players go home and analyse their game and sometimes you think ‘oh, I did terribly there, or did this and that’ and it has got to be the same for referees. I hope he went home and is very disappointed with his performance.”

See the full story in Monday's The Bolton News