Liverpool handed new referee verdict after controversial Virgil van Dijk decision is unpicked

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCAndy Robertson was adjudged to be blocking Gianluigi Donnarumma's line of sight from an offside position when Virgil van Dijk netted an equaliser against Manchester CityDermot Gallagher has revealed whether he thinks Liverpool's equaliser against Manchester City should have been ruled out. The linesman flagged for an offside, and the decision was quickly checked by Michael Oliver, the Video Assistant Referee.He and his assistant, Timothy Wood, confirmed the on-field decision, and Van Dijk's goal was chalked off.

That's why people are going, 'it should be this or this' and open to interpretation."Unlike Gallagher, Jay Bothroyd wasn't afraid to reach a conclusion, and he insisted that the goal should have stood. The former Premier League striker said: "This should have been given as a goal."When you look at Donnarumma, he is coming across slightly to his right but then he pivots to the left, so that means he can see where the ball is going.

Robertson has ducked."He's made no effort to try to deflect the ball or get his head on it. He's just got himself out the way of the ball.