Liverpool gets referee verdict on Brighton decision as Florian Wirtz escapes injury

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There was a VAR review, but the referee's original decision to caution Gomez was upheld. The Premier League gave the following explanation for the decision during the game: "The referee’s call of yellow card to Gomez was checked and confirmed by VAR – with the challenge on Wirtz deemed not to be with excessive force and not serious foul play." That explanation made little sense at the time, and several ex-referees have since had their say on the matter, suggesting that the wrong decision was made, and that Gomez should have been given his marching orders.

He's not even there to go and win the ball." He was followed up by former Premier League referee Mike Dean, who added: "I think it's red. The ball's gone up...The only thing I would say that they might look at is as he's gone up to come down, he may have caught him on the way down.

"There's no real force in it, but his foot shouldn't be that high. He's caught him in the stomach then he's kind of come down into his body.