Liverpool were again left to fume about the application of VAR after Harvey Elliott had a goal disallowed in the second half against Burnley this evening.
The 20-year-old had found the net in the 54th minute, only for the strike to be chalked off as Mo Salah was in an offside position.
However, in a moment captured by TV coverage but mysteriously not shown to on-field referee Paul Tierney at the VAR monitor, the Egyptian was pushed offside by a Clarets player.
Had the infamous ‘process’ actually been carried out properly from Stockley Park, the push on Liverpool’s number 11 would’ve been clear to see and you’d like to think that the goal would’ve stood.
Alas, the Reds are left cursing the incompetence of officials yet again in a farce to rival that which cost us against Tottenham in September, even if we’ve had enough chances to have put the result to bed irrespective of Elliott’s strike being ruled out.
Nonetheless, it doesn’t excuse the shambolic application of VAR from those who are supposed to be the country’s top referees.
You can view the disallowed goal below (and the clear push on Salah), via @rocketballsv (from Canal+ match coverage) and @videos271047 on X (formerly Twitter):
— rocketball (@rocketballsv) December 26, 2023
— videos (@videos271047) December 26, 2023
We won yes but VAR have something against lfc and it seems to come from the FA and PGMOL. They clearly denied us a penalty against Arsenal too. Gave us two red cards at spurs and disallowed a clear goal.
The bigger issue with the incident was that if Elliott and Trafford were the only players in the stadium the keeper would never have saved it. The replay was was shown in slo mo which is not how it should be shown.
Same person on VAR as in the Tottenham game. Corruption cannot be avoided any longer, there is going to be a scandal in the EPL bigger than anything seen in world football. It WiLL dwarf the Serie A breaches from a decade ago.
Absolutely! Corrupted thieves always against Liverpool!