VAR technology and the referees made controversial decisions in Liverpool’s draw against Aston Villa in the 37th round of the Premier League.
In the 37th round of the Premier League, Liverpool have a welcome to Aston Villa in the last match at Anfield this season. However, they were the team that conceded first in the first half after midfielder Jacob Ramsey’s close-range ball in the 27th minute.
It was not until the end of the second half that The Kop had an equalizer due to the attack of the leaving striker Roberto Firmino . The home team certainly cannot be satisfied with this result. Especially when the referees and VAR had some controversial decisions.
The first was the situation where Cody Gakpo was kicked in the chest by midfielder Tyrone Mings in the 45th minute. Referee John Brooks initially only showed a yellow card but then VAR stepped in to determine if it was a worthy ball. deserve a red card or not.
The Liverpool players certainly demanded a red card because the recorded image showed that Mings’ kick even left Gakpo injured and bleeding in the chest.
But after reviewing the situation, the referee still decided it would only be a yellow card. If that ball is a red card, Liverpool will be able to play more people and certainly the game in the second half will be different.
The second controversial situation still involved Gakpo when he put the ball into Villa’s net in the 55th minute.
Originating from Alexander-Arnold’s long ball from outside the penalty area, Diaz was the one to get down to catch the ball but was blocked by Konsa. The ball then bounced back to Van Dijk’s position behind and he passed to Konate to finish before Gakpo kicked back into the goal.
But the goal was later canceled because VAR determined Van Dijk was offside even though he only moved without participating in the previous situation and only got the ball bouncing from central defender Konsa. This is considered a situation where the ball is passed to an opposing player and is not legally offside.
The 1-1 draw against Villa made Liverpool’s chance to attend the Champions League almost gone. After 37 matches, they have only 66 points, 3 points behind the 4th place team MU, but the opponent has 2 matches yet to play.
