Cody Gakpo scored what would have been a vital equaliser against Aston Villa but the lengthy delay for an offside to be checked by the officials led to the goal not standing and it’s safe to say that nobody really understand why it was disallowed.
Inside the BT Sport Score studio before the goal was chalked off, Peter Walton was confidently stating that it was about to stand even with the VAR check being completed.
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However, when the goal was taken away eventually from us, the faces of Chris Sutton and Robbie Savage explained the feelings of everyone and they couldn’t believe it had been overruled.
By the letter of the law, the right decision was made but only if you think Ezri Konsa didn’t deliberately play the ball and it seems impossible to think that the defender in that area of the pitch wouldn’t be trying anything to stop a cross entering the box.
You can watch the mass confusion within the studio via @btsportscore on Twitter:
Liverpool's ruled out goal by VAR has left the team scratching their heads 🤨#BTSportScore pic.twitter.com/PHptRwqoDO
— BT Sport Score (@btsportscore) May 20, 2023
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VAR was introduced (without any consultation with supporters) to correct clear and obvious mistakes. It was felt by the authorities that taking away the spontaneous joy of celebrating a goal was worth it. Here was a microcosm of its futility i.e. all the joy gone and replaced by a ‘subjective’ decision. What tripe VAR is!
Idiotic comment, it hasn’t changed celebrating, fans and players still do, then VAR checks and everyone gets to celebrate a second time. The issue isn’t VAR, it’s the people using it, so grow up ffs
@Redted its not VAR. Its people. Refs decide on the spot though, but this guys had time to come up with this. Purely inexcusable.
As a football referee of over 30 years standing.. it seems to me “the laws of the game”,,, are getting more and more complicated as time goes on…. not only for the fans… but even more obviously for the referee…. the offside law has always been a contentious one….. but I wonder how long it will be before a player gets seriously injured…. during play…. before it eventually gets stopped as a player is offside.???,,,,,, before VAR.. if a referee made a mistake it was a genuine one.. from where I’m watching the game the people who are “on VAR duty” are delaying and frustrating the viewing public with some terrible decisions even though they now have the best technology available!!!! …… there I’ve said my piece… thanks for allowing me to say it.