Liverpool raise their voice to PGMOL over disallowed goal against Manchester City on Sunday

Virgil van Dijk's goal was disallowed against Manchester City on Sunday. (Image credits - Heute, License Details)

Liverpool have raised their voice to Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) over the decision that disallowed Van Dijk's goal in their 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday.

The Reds' skipper had equalised with a bullet header when they were trailing one goal behind, but it was disallowed after VAR review. It was determined that Andrew Robertson was in an offside position, as he was right before Man City goalie Donnarumma and was adjudged to have made an obstruction by ducking directly in front of the goalkeeper.

However, Liverpool are not at all convinced by the VAR decision, and it is felt within the club that, as per the rules, the offence was not at all justified for the referee to disallow Van Dijk's goal.

As per the rules, a player in an offside position is only penalised on becoming active by:

"Interfering with play by playing or touching a ball passed or touched by a teammate or interfering with an opponent by preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision or challenging an opponent for the ball or making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball."

Liverpool have contacted Howard Webb, the head of PGMOL, to complain against such manipulation of rules and believe that such incidents must be prevented in the future from happening in the biggest league in the world.

Within the Reds' camp, it is felt that if that goal had stood, Arne Slot's men could've used that momentum and fought for a better result, but instead that deflated the team further, leading to the humiliating loss against their rivals.