Liverpool made contact with Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) to raise their concerns
Liverpool’s controversial disallowed goal at Manchester City was correctly not overturned by a video assistant review (VAR), an expert panel has ruled. However the Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) panel, which reviews the big refereeing decisions each week, was split on the decision.
The five-person panel voted three to two that the on-field decision to disallow the goal was incorrect but also found that VAR was correct not to intervene.
Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk thought he had equalised for Liverpool in the 38th minute of the match at Etihad Stadium earlier this month. City went on to win 3-0.
Referee Chris Kavanagh and his assistant Stuart Burt disallowed the goal, ruling that Andy Robertson had committed an offside offence by ducking under the ball on its way to goal. The decision, that Robertson’s obvious action could have impacted goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, was supported by the VAR team of Michael Oliver and Tim Wood
Liverpool made contact with Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) to raise their concerns, believing the relevant criteria for an offside offence were not met. The KMI Panel, which features three former players and one representative each from the Premier League and PGMO, voted 3-2 that the assistant should not have given the offside, and also 3-2 that the VAR was right not to get involved.
