The reason Liverpool's winner vs Nottingham Forest stood despite Hugo Ekitike being offside

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCAlexis Mac Allister scored the winner as Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at the City Ground, with a former Premier League assistant referee defending the offside decisionAlexis Mac Allister's decisive goal for Liverpool against Nottingham Forest was permitted as Hugo Ekitike, despite being in an offside position, did not commit an offside offence. Dominik Szoboszlai's cross floated towards the French international, but it was Virgil van Dijk who made contact with the ball.Liverpool's skipper also initially appeared to be offside, but Ola Aina kept Van Dijk onside with his left foot.

Click here to activate or add us as a Preferred Source in your Google search settingsSpeaking to the BBC, former Premier League assistant referee, Darren Cann, said: "The Alexis Mac Allister goal was an outstanding call from assistant referee Gary Beswick. To the naked eye, it looked like Van Dijk might be offside from Dominik Szoboszlai's cross; however, Ola Aina's foot just played him onside."Hugo Ekitike was in an offside position but did not commit an offside offence.

It was a brilliant decision to call this in real time from one of the very best assistant referees in the world."Mac Allister had already seen one goal ruled out during the match after the midfielder pressed a clearance from Ola Aina, deflecting the ball into the back of the net. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageReferee Anthony Taylor clarified: "After review, the ball hits the arm of the goal scorer, Liverpool No.