Liverpool were left with Vifgil van Dijk’s goal against Manchester City disallowed, but Howard Webb defended the decision.
Howard Webb understands Livergil van Dijk Dijk’s anger
The Reds looked to have equalized nine minutes after the 29th minute, when Van Dijk headed in Mohamed Salah’s corner.
However, the goal was disallowed after referees Chris Kavanagh and Assistant Stuart Burt ruled the case for a wall drawn under the flight of the ball, realizing that he was preventing Gianluigi Donnarumma’s efforts to make Gove.
The Var test confirmed the decision of the field, and the city then slipped comfortably thanks to the goals from Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku.
The result moved City to within four points of the Premier League leaders, but they left defending champions Liverpool eight off the pace.
Liverpool later complained to Webb about the decision, raising “grave concerns” while telling Premier League officials the limit
However, Webb took a different view.
Webb responds to the Liverpool controversy
Speaking of ‘small game officials
On the other hand, he stressed that such calls are very common for the same officials.
“Interfering with an opponent where a player in a position is not sitting on the ball and the officials have to make a decision that the action of that player affects the opponent,” said some of the best decisions we have to make, “said other decisions.
“Therefore, it is not surprising that some people believe that this intention should have stopped, so I think it is important that we look at the facts of what really happened in this situation.
“We know that the corner goes in and the ball reaches van dijk. As the ball goes all the way into the penalty area, the Manchester City players come out, leaving Robertson in that position in the six-sided box.
“When Van Dijk heads the ball forward, that’s the moment we have to make a judgment call about Robertson and what he’s doing there.
“We know he doesn’t touch the ball but what does he do? Well, as the ball goes to him, it’s taken three meters from the goal yard, he can make that clear step under the ball.
“The ball goes over his head, and the ball finds a goal in the half of the six-yard box where it is. After that, should that chance make a decision for Donnarumma, where is his ability to save the ball? And that is where his ability to save is.
“Obviously that end drew us to that. They were looking at that position, they were looking at that opportunity, they were very close to the goal, and they created that idea.
“I know it’s not everyone’s opinion but I think it’s unreasonable to understand why they would take that conclusion.
“The player is very close to the goal, the ball is coming straight at him and he has to pull out of the way of the ball – and they concluded that it affects Donnarumma’s ability to get on the ball and make that finish.
“So, when they made that decision on the field, the var’s job is to look at that and decide, there were clearly and obviously ridiculous consequences?
“Only Donnarumma really knows if he was affected by this and, we have to look at the objective evidence, and when we see this evidence of that position of the player on the ground, close to this Offside result is not good and obviously not bad in it.”
