Liverpool have been denied by two key VAR choices because the Premier League champions have been held to a 2-2 draw by Everton within the Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park.
Objectives from Sadio Mane and Mo Salah ensured Jurgen Klopp’s facet earned some extent from the match, however the Liverpool boss was left clearly annoyed after two key choices doubtlessly price his facet all three factors.
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Firstly, no motion was taken when Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford launched himself right into a wild lunge on Virgil Van Dijk. The Liverpool man had been adjudged to be offside, however the ensuing collision left many observers feeling that the Blues’ stopper might have been dismissed for his problem.
Referee Michael Oliver did brandish his crimson card later within the recreation, as he dismissed Everton striker Richarlison for a wild lunge on Thiago Alcantara.
Then, with the match within the remaining moments of stoppage time, Jordan Henderson appeared to seal all three factors when his scuffed shot in some way discovered its well beyond Pickford and into the online.
Nonetheless, the VAR examine dominated out the objective, with even the TV display replays displaying that Mane, who arrange the objective, appeared stage to the bare eye, and required prolonged and detailed pc evaluation to find out that the ahead was millimeters offside.
Liverpool fan or not,calling this an offside is daylight theft ?… pic.twitter.com/nm3us5oM9K
— FootyMemes (@FootyMemex) October 17, 2020
This feels so not like soccer these choices made by pc packages! Needs to be there to revive a mistake or a transparent and apparent off facet missed by referee however not this. #VAR
— Edwin van der Sar (@vdsar1970) October 17, 2020
A pair of highly effective headers from Michael Keane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin twice pulled Everton again into the sport as the house facet floor out a hard-earned draw.
However whereas it was a good consequence for Everton, it was a case of two factors dropped for Liverpool, leaving a annoyed Klopp struggling to unpack the sport.
“I’ve seen the disallowed objective on the finish and within the image I noticed it wasn’t offside,” he advised BT Sport.
“Can somebody clarify that to me?”