Liverpool contact PGMOL over Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed goal in Man City defeat to raise significant concerns

Virgil van Dijk’s header would have brought Liverpool level at Man City but was ruled out with Andy Robertson judged to be impeding goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from an offside position in the 3-0 defeat at Man City; Liverpool accept the result of the game but feel a mistake was made

 

 

Liverpool have contacted PGMOL to raise significant concerns about Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed goal in the 3-0 defeat at Man City.

Van Dijk’s header was ruled out after Andy Robertson was penalised for impeding goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from an offside position.

The decision was made on-field by referee Chris Kavanagh after the assistant referee raised his flag for offside. A check from the video assistant referee (VAR) determined that Robertson had interfered with play from an offside position and the goal was disallowed.

 

 

Liverpool accept the result of the game but feel a mistake was made on this occasion and the goal should not have been ruled out, which is why they have contacted PGMOL.

While they accept officials have a difficult job, they do not understand how the VAR checks and balances in place did not result in the goal being awarded.

Van Dijk’s header would have made the score 1-1 in the 38th minute of the game, which Liverpool went on to lose 3-0.

After viewing multiple camera angles of the incident, Liverpool do not believe Donnarumma’s view was impeded in any way by Robertson as the defender was not in the City goalkeeper’s line of vision.

I don’t think this is a case of sour grapes. Liverpool accept the fact they lost the game but are saying, ‘we believe a big mistake was made in this instance and we want to make sure the mistake is not made again’.

Liverpool have looked at this incident from multiple angles and cannot understand why the goal was disallowed. From their opinion, it is clear Andy Robertson was not in Gianluigi Donnarumma’s line of vision, and he made no attempt to play the ball at all – he actually ducked.

 

 

They believe the score should have been 1-1 there and then – although it’s quite possible they would have gone on to lose the game anyway.