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The Premier League explained why Liverpool’s second penalty prize against Wolves was canceled.
The Reds had already marked once on the place of the eventful competition on Sunday in Anfield, with Mohamed Salah Lofting directly in the middle after the goalkeeper Jose Sa had lowered the opening scorer Luis Diaz.
Salah – who had seen a second effort excluded for the offside – thought he would have the possibility of withdrawing shortly before the hour brand to fix the seal on what could have been a very comfortable victory for Liverpool, With the referee Simon Hooper pointing to the spot again after the sliding challenge of Emmanuel Agbadou on Diogo Jota inside the box.
However, the decision was examined by Var John Brooks and Hooper then reversed his call after being sent to consult the pitch instructor on the edge of the reruns showed that it was JOTA who seemed to have initiated contact with Agbadou. which was removed injured shortly after.
Explaining that U-Tour, the Premier League match center said in a statement: “Var checked the referee’s penalty call to Liverpool for a challenge by Agbadou on Jota and considered to be contact was not Initiated by Agbadou, therefore recommended a review in the field.
“The referee overturned the original decision and the game restarted with a drop ball.”
The boss of Liverpool, Arne Slot, has already been in hot water for having protested arbitration decisions this week, the Dutchman and his assistant Sipke Hulshoff representing two of the four total red cards written by Michael Oliver in chaotic scenes that followed the dramatic 2-2 on Wednesday evening 2-2 Merseyside Derby shoots with Everton at Goodison Park.
On this occasion, Slot estimated that the thunderous equalizer of the 98th minute of James Tarkowski should have been excluded for a Beto thrust on Ibrahima Konate inside the box, when he also seemed to contest the time of Additional judgment was played after a collision between Everton Defenders Jarrad Branthwaite and Carlos Alcaraz.
Slot and Hulshoff both received accusations from the Football Association (FA) Friday with the two clubs after the chaotic end of the derby, and until Wednesday to answer while waiting for their punishment.
However, Slot had no problem with the major decisions taken against his team against the relegation of fighter the wolves as they rushed to triumph 2-1 and restore their advance on the title of seven points on Arsenal despite the fantasy Matheus Cunha’s strike which has set up another exciting finish.
He said: “Today, 2-0, we had to face the thought that we marked 3-0-completely the right decision he refused it for the offside. Thinking that we were going to mark 3-0 with a penalty [for] Mo [Salah]Again, in my opinion, the right decision for the Var to overthrow this decision. »»
