Premier League panel make new decision on Virgil van Dijk goal in Man City vs Liverpool

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballVirgil van DijkThe Premier League's Key Match Incidents panel have ruled that Virgil van Dijk's disallowed goal in Liverpool's defeat to Manchester City should have stoodThe Premier League's Key Match Incidents panel believe Virgil van Dijk's chalked-off goal in Liverpool's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City SHOULD have been allowed to stand.Nevertheless, it has also been concluded that VAR was correct not to reverse the on-field decision after the Dutchman's thunderous header was disallowed by Chris Kavanagh's assistant, Stuart Burt.The reigning Premier League champions would have drawn level at 1-1 had Van Dijk's effort not been dismissed due to Andy Robertson being stood in an offside position. Officials determined that the Scotland international was blocking Gianluigi Donnarumma's view as he ducked to let the ball pass through.READ MORE: FSG partners RedBird Capital pull £500m deal after initial agreementREAD MORE: I'm Marc Guehi's team-mate and was sure he'd join Liverpool - it's obvious what'll happen nowThe Times have now disclosed that the KMI panel have disagreed with the assessment of Kavanagh and Burt, though they also concluded that the VAR official involved, Michael Oliver, was correct not to step in.

He's ducked under the ball. He's very, very close to him.

I think he's [in] line of vision. I think he's (Donnarumma) been impacted, mate."Okay, so offside then," Kavanagh responded.