(Dan Tri) – Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher explained why Man City’s goal against Liverpool in round 13 of the Premier League was denied by video assistant referee (VAR) technology.
In the `big battle` with Liverpool in round 13 of the Premier League, Man City opened the scoring in the 27th minute of the first half thanks to striker Erling Haaland.
The home team at Etihad Stadium seemed to have extinguished the `Red Brigade’s` hopes of scoring a point when midfielder Ruben Dias cushioned the ball from close range and hit goalkeeper Alisson Becker’s net in the 67th minute of the match.
Situation where Man City was denied a goal after VAR determined Akanji’s error on goalkeeper Alisson Becker in the 5m50 area (Photo: Sky Sport).
However, referee Chris Kavanagh denied Dias’s goal when he determined that Manuel Akanji had fouled goalkeeper Alisson Becker in the 5m50 area.
More bitterly for Man City, in the 80th minute, defender Trent Alexander-Arnold scored a goal to equalize 1-1 for Liverpool and help coach Jurgen Klopp and his team win a valuable point at Etihad Stadium.
Many controversies occurred before Man City was denied a goal, when many fans of The Citizens believed that Akanji’s challenge was completely legal and that he had no significant impact on goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
`For me, Alisson and Liverpool are extremely lucky. If the referee doesn’t think it’s a foul, VAR won’t say it’s a foul either,` former Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher also commented on the missed goal.
Man City was denied a goal to double the gap in the 67th minute and conceded 13 minutes later, forcing them to split points with Liverpool in round 13 of the Premier League (Photo: Sky Sport).
However, former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher said that referee Chris Kavanagh’s decision was completely correct.
`People criticize that the goalkeeper is overprotected, but you just need to throw him off balance a little bit and he will lose all stability and cannot catch the ball. When the goalkeeper loses the ball and loses his balance
Notably, the 66-year-old former referee also talked about the situation where Man Utd was awarded a penalty in the match against Everton, from which striker Marcus Rashford scored on the penalty spot and helped the `Red Devils` win big against the home team.
That was the situation in which striker Anthony Martial fell before the tackle of Everton defender Ashley Young.
Marcus Rashford successfully kicked the penalty after the referee confirmed Ashley Young’s foul on Martial (Photo: Getty).
`I thought it was a penalty as soon as the situation happened. It’s hard to say it wasn’t a foul, Ashley Young put his foot out to block but didn’t hit the ball but hit Martial’s foot. When you see that,
