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There was a major talking point during Liverpool's 3-0 defeat at Manchester City as Virgil van Dijk's header was disallowedFormer Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes Virgil van Dijk's equaliser against Manchester City should have stood. Arne Slot's side were second best and below par during the first-half against City and the Dutchman's header would have offered an unlikely route back into the game.However, it was ruled offside and on the stroke of half-time, Nico Gonzalez's deflected effort wrongfooted Giorgi Mamardashvili to double the hosts' lead.
Gary Neville initially expressed doubts about the goal being disallowed but Carragher firmly disagreed with the decision to chalk off Liverpool's leveller.READ MORE: Virgil van Dijk speaks out on disallowed goal as Liverpool captain says 'the reality is'READ MORE: Liverpool next five fixtures compared to Premier League rivals after Man City setback"This should have gone 1-1," he said. "For me, it's a goal."You maybe think you can see why it's been given, you look at Andy Robertson's position, is he impacting the goalkeeper?
What a lot of people have looked at, when the ball comes to Van Dijk's head, I can totally understand why that would be given as offside because Andy Robertson looks really close to the goalkeeper."Keep an eye on Donnarumma and where he shifts his weight, Donnarumma's weight is going to his right, so he's moving the opposite way, his foot has planted at exactly the time it goes over Andy Robertson's head."That is the true moment we should be looking at, not when it leaves Van Dijk's head, but when Robertson makes an action to get out of the way of the ball. Exactly [the duck is irrelevant], he can see everything, his initial movement to the right and he's now diving full stretch."He's not impacting him one bit, he's already diving at full stretch for the header because he misreads it.
