Liverpool didn’t solely implode on Saturday due to refereeing decisions – we played our own part in it – but Leicester’s equaliser and second goal shouldn’t have counted.
Daniel Amartey was offside for the first, and Sadio Mane was fouled in the buildup to Jamie Vardy’s.
Liverpool should take full responsibility for the third!
The push was blatant and says a lot about referee Anthony Taylor that it wasn’t deemed a foul in the first place.
According to Dale Johnson of ESPN, there was 17 seconds before the incident and the goal – which would have been the longest period of time between a suspected foul and a goal being ruled out since VAR came in.
We understand this, but really, just think it’s baffling Taylor didn’t warrant it a foul originally. Evans put two hands in Mane’s back.
And like Johnson says, time is irrelevant providing it’s the same phase of play, which it was.
Let’s hope the referees in the Champions League are a little kinder, eh?
Liverpool fans wanted a foul in the build-up on the second goal, when Jonny Evans appeared to push Sadio Mane to the floor.
The key question for the VAR is the Attacking Phase of Play – namely when Leicester gained possession of the ball and started moving up the pitch. pic.twitter.com/Yr1dURW9sK
— Dale Johnson (@DaleJohnsonESPN) February 16, 2021
As a comparison (and we may come back to this…) there have only been five incidents VAR has got involved in after a foul.
– Two directly before in the area
– Others on 11, 11 and 14 secondsAs I say, time isn't the key but the incident would have been the longest seen.
— Dale Johnson (@DaleJohnsonESPN) February 16, 2021
So, Origi v Man Utd clearly pushed over, leads to Utd goal, Salah v Fulham, two hands right in the back ignored by the ref leads to a Fulham goal and now mane. Meanwhile, Gundogan loses control of the ball and does a dying swan impression – stonewall penalty! As for the offside rule, it is a shambles and don’t get me started on the VAR official intervening v Brighton, nor the officials not knowing the rules v Everton. This is like Sunday League stuff
VAR, incompetent officials and daft offside and handball rules. You wonder if it’s a plot to kill professional football?
Never felt so disheartened about the game I love. It’s about time us supporters stood up and told the people who run football that it’s a game run for OUR enjoyment.
Referee Anthony Taylor has always been a silent Man United fan as he is from the area as I understand it.He simply ignored the Evans foul on Mane and he gave a penalty initially to Leicester and turned down by VAR to give a free kick , and VAR ignores the clear Daniel Amartey offside.
Therefore any of our games are refereed by Anthony Taylor we will loose.
VAR is just another ref usually dozens to hundreds of miles away, getting it wrong. VAR has been to the detriment of the game in my view, whilst it makes it harder to take the points lost from terrible VAR decisions, whether as a LFC fan or I’m sure other clubs fans who have also seen VAR decisions go not just against them, but the actual rules and laws of the game.
Even worse, now when your team has scored, the celebrations are held back as we just expect a VAR review and perfectly good goals, or goals that would benefit the striker are ruled out, because the TV angle suggests the tip of their finger or tow, or a strand of hair is in an offside position! Its a farce at times, a total farce.
VAR needs scrapping.
who goes down easiest? Mane Grealish or Kane?
its close really but Mane does it so elegantly and often that refs must be starting to ignore his pleas. Id hate to be his dog because he would fall over 20 times before the first pee.