Kirk Blows writes for you each week

West Ham fans were on the boos for the second home game running on Sunday.

After the lucky 2-1 win against 10-man Hull, it was the players who suffered GBH of the ears.

This time, following the 2-1 defeat to Liverpool, it was referee Anthony Taylor who got it in the neck for awarding the visitors two penalties.

Taylor cost the Hammers victory against Everton last season when he sent off Carlton Cole and later Darron Gibson to surely establish a Premier League first by having two red-card decisions overturned in one game.

With the referee still relatively new to the top flight, the worry before Sunday’s game was that Liverpool would be more likely to win the benefit of the doubt when it came to close calls.

Far easier to deny mid-table West Ham rather than make a blunder that could cost the Merseysiders the title.

And the signs didn’t look good when it took Taylor 31 minutes to hand the Hammers their first free-kick.

Even less so when James Tomkins was punished for handling in the box just before half time and goalkeeper Adrian was ruled to have brought down Jon Flanagan in the second period.

Sam Allardyce insisted the second incident “was not a penalty” although, for what it’s worth, this columnist believes the referee probably got both decisions right.

But while it would be nice to think Taylor displayed great acumen, he hardly had the best of views and you can’t help but think he applied more than a little bit of guesswork.

So he might have got those two calls right more by luck than judgement.

Even Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers suggested that Taylor was “chasing the game” after he had allowed Guy Demel’s equaliser in first-half stoppage time despite Andy Carroll appearing to have fouled Simon Mignolet.

Did he realise he’d maybe made a mistake and did that subconsciously influence his performance in the second half?

You can argue that the only thing that matters is that a referee gets things correct, but you also want to believe that decisions are made for the right reasons.

And not all fans remain convinced.

? Sunderland get a reported six-figure fine for fielding an ineligible player, while West Ham cough up £5.5m and a further £20m in compensation despite Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano never being ‘ineligible’.

Anyone think that sounds fair?