Liverpool complain to PGMOL about Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed goal at Man City

Liverpool dispute that Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma's line of vision was affected by Andy Robertson

Virgil van Dijk's 38th minute goal for Liverpool against Manchester City was disallowed as it was adjudged that Andy Robertson was offside. Pic: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Liverpool have complained to Professional Games Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) over the decision to disallow Virgil van Dijk’s header at Manchester City on Sunday amid concern that the relevant criteria were not met.

Van Dijk’s effort was ruled out in the 38th minute, when City were leading 1-0, and the referee Chris Kavanagh’s on-field decision was backed by the video assistant referee, Michael Oliver. The VAR agreed that the Liverpool defender Andy Robertson was “in an offside position and deemed to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper” when ducking out the way of Van Dijk’s header as it sailed past Gianluigi Donnarumma.