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Chaotic scenes as Wolves have the late winner ruled out by VAR at Anfield, with ‘NO camera angle’ to overturn the offside decision, leading to mass confusion… but the linesman made the CORRECT call
- Wolves had a late winner ruled out during their 2-2 draw against Liverpool
- Toti Gomes appeared to settle the epic cup tie with a late heel shot
- But his goal was disallowed for offside awarded on the play.
- Despite the confusion, the VAR had no evidence to overturn the decision on the pitch.
- That has caused a lot of confusion, but it seems that the officials made the right decision.
Mass confusion broke out at Anfield and online after Liverpool’s dramatic 2-2 draw with Wolves after Toti Gomes’ last-minute goal was ruled offside.
Chaos erupted when the Wolves defender put the ball into the net after a scramble inside the penalty area and appeared to have scored a late winner. But match officials ruled his goal offside in the build-up, with Matheus Nunes himself playing offside after a corner.
Mike Dean, who was the VAR referee for the game, was called into action but was unable to find any clear and obvious reason to overturn the decision on the pitch as there was “no definitive camera angle” to verify the decision. offside, and on PGMOL’s advice, the officials were correct in not reversing the decision.
Toti Gomes (right) last minute winner vs Liverpool was controversially annulled on Saturday
It looked like Gomes had led Wolves to a sensational victory, but for offside
But the referees were right to disallow the goal after Matheus Nunes was offside in build-up.
The PGMOL guide states: “The key element here is that the assistant referee on the field, who could look all the way (unlike the television cameras) made the player [Matheus Nunes] (returning from a corner) in an offside position when the ball was returned to him.
‘That was the call on the pitch: offside. There was no evidence for VAR to say that the assistant referee was wrong.”
After taking a corner in the build-up to the goal, Nunes had pulled back to win the ball back, thus playing himself offside before sweeping the resulting cross which led to Toti’s disallowed goal.
Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui was outraged after the final whistle confronting the referees
While the referees made the correct decision, fans were left confused both at home and in the stadium as to why VAR reached their final result.
Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui, who was in high spirits on the bench after the goal was initially ruled offside, was still outraged as to why there was no explanation from the referees and why Mohamed Salah’s goal was also not ruled. offside.
VAR confusingly had no camera angle to overturn the on-pitch decision that was offside
“To talk about the two goals, the offside they had,” said the Wolves coach at full time.
‘We have seen and it does not exist, an offside. It is impossible but someone tells him that he is out of the game. We have seen the image and it does not exist.
Liverpool’s second goal is the same. The rule in Europe, in my opinion, we have to talk a lot with the referees about this type of situation.
‘It’s a shame because we deserved to win today. We have to have a recovery for a very tough match against Nottingham Forest.
Alisson Becker gave Wolves an early game lead by missing a pass in the outfield
Darwin Núñez (left) soon equalized for the Reds before Mohamed Salah scored his second
Meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp has rejected claims the goal should have stood, saying: “I’m not sure about his third goal.”
“We have a picture where it may look offside, but I can understand why they’re upset about it.” We don’t want the VAR to have only one angle.
Even Emile Heskey and Eniola Aluko on the expert panel criticized the decision-making process that led to the goal being disallowed.
“We were sitting in the studio trying to figure it out ourselves and we got it 10 minutes later.” Heskey said.
‘In the crowd, they are also thinking. Even on the bench they say ‘No, no, no’. From what they have seen, it is a good goal.
Aluko agreed: ‘Whatever the decision, these are all state-of-the-art stadiums with screens everywhere. Just show it on the screen. Simply put on the screen why the decision was made and it will remove all questions.’