Virgil van Dijk’s header would have brought Liverpool level at Man City but was ruled out with Andy Robertson judged to be impeding goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from an offside position in the 3-0 defeat at Man City; Liverpool accept the result of the game but feel a mistake was made

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Following Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed goal against Manchester City, Arne Slot compared it to John Stones’ strike against Wolves last season – with referee Chris Kavanagh in charge of both games.

Liverpool have contacted PGMOL to raise significant concerns about Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed goal in the 3-0 defeat at Man City.

Van Dijk’s header was ruled out after Andy Robertson was penalised for impeding goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from an offside position.

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The decision was made on-field by referee Chris Kavanagh after the assistant referee raised his flag for offside. A check from the video assistant referee (VAR) determined that Robertson had interfered with play from an offside position and the goal was disallowed.

Liverpool accept the result of the game but feel a mistake was made on this occasion and the goal should not have been ruled out, which is why they have contacted PGMOL.

While they accept officials have a difficult job, they do not understand how the VAR checks and balances in place did not result in the goal being awarded.

Van Dijk’s header would have made the score 1-1 in the 38th minute of the game, which Liverpool went on to lose 3-0.

After viewing multiple camera angles of the incident, Liverpool do not believe Donnarumma’s view was impeded in any way by Robertson as the defender was not in the City goalkeeper’s line of vision.

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Highlights of the Premier League match between Manchester City and Liverpool.

The Premier League Match Centre explained the decision in a post on X: “The referee’s call of offside and no goal to Liverpool was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Robertson in an offside position and deemed to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper.”

The offside law states a player is considered to be interfering with play when they “make an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball”.

This Premier League Match Centre’s post was community noted on the social media platform.

The community note explained the law around offside and added: “Just making an obvious action, as claimed here, is not sufficient on its own for an offside offence.”

Arne Slot disagreed with the decision, telling Sky Sports after the game: “I think it’s obvious and clear that the wrong decision has been made, at least in my opinion. Because he [Robertson] didn’t interfere at all with what the goalkeeper could do.

“That could have influenced the game in a positive way for us because in the first half we were so poor.”