Referee’s chief says disallowed goal not unreasonable
Webb dismisses comparison to similar ruling for City
Howard Webb has said officials did not act unreasonably in denying Liverpool an equaliser against Manchester City last weekend, but stopped short of calling the controversial decision correct.
Virgil van Dijk’s header was disallowed by the referee Chris Kavanagh, and not overturned by the video assistant Michael Oliver, after Andy Robertson was adjudged to have had an impact on the City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma while standing in an offside position.
The call was widely criticised after the game, with Liverpool subsequently writing to Webb’s PGMO organisation to challenge the decision.
