Liverpool take action over Virgil van Dijk disallowed goal vs Manchester City

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Virgil van Dijk had a goal against Manchester City chalked off in controversial fashion, and the Reds feel hard done by as a result of the decision 15:27, Mon, Nov 10, 2025 Updated: 15:52, Mon, Nov 10, 2025 Virgil van Dijk had a goal ruled out against Manchester City (Image: Getty)Liverpool have been in contact with Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) chief Howard Webb about Virgil van Dijk's disallowed goal against Manchester City on Sunday. The PGMOL claimed that Robertson was "deemed to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper," but Liverpool executives refused to accept the governing body's assessment after scrutinising footage further, given that the full-back didn't impede Donnarumma's view and wasn't directly in his line of sight.The Liverpool Echo suggests that the club believe the wording of the law is clear, and that the criteria needed to disallow a goal was not met and therefore the goal should not have been ruled out.

Even at 1-1, if City kept on playing like they did, then we would have struggled as well."Meanwhile, Van Dijk added: "I think the goal should have stood. But someone showed me a clip that Manchester City scored last year against Wolves and the referee was the same.Virgil van Dijk believes the goal should have stood (Image: Getty)"I don’t know, I’ve already said too much because the thing is, the decision has been made.

We have to take it on the chin and move on."It was a tough day at the office for Liverpool, as they suffered their fifth Premier League loss of the season thanks to a 3-0 humbling from City. Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.