Wayne Rooney speaks out on two Liverpool incidents vs Man City with Virgil van Dijk claim

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Wayne Rooney has delivered his verdict on two refereeing decisions during Liverpool's Premier League defeat against Manchester CityWayne Rooney believes that Liverpool were wrongly denied an equaliser during their 3-0 defeat against Manchester City on Sunday. After Erling Haaland put Pep Guardiola's side in front just before the half hour mark, the Reds thought they had levelled moments later when Virgil van Dijk headed home Mohamed Salah's corner.However, as Van Dijk reeled off to celebrate with his Liverpool teammates, assistant referee Stuart Burt lifted up his flag and ruled that Andy Robertson was impacting Gianluigi Donnarumma's view while in an offside position.

The City keeper can see the ball the whole way so I think that was the wrong decision."READ MORE: Liverpool next five fixtures compared to Premier League rivals after Man City setbackArne Slot cut a frustrated figure in his post-match press conference and felt - like Rooney - that the incorrect call was made. "I think it is obvious and clear the wrong decision has been made," he told Sky Sports."He (Robertson) didn’t interfere at all with what the goalkeeper can do.

Doku went down in the box after colliding with Reds goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.Kavanagh didn't initially point to the spot, but he overturned his decision after being advised to go across to the pitch-side monitor and have a look at the incident again."I think giving City a penalty earlier in the half was probably the right call though," Rooney added. Speaking on Sky Sports after the game, Roy Keane delivered a brutal assessment of the Reds, who had just seven shots and created an expected goals (xG) of just 0.71 throughout."I think it is crisis time for Liverpool," he told Sky Sports.