BREAKING NEWS.  VAR Oficials and referee  apologized for Trent Alexander-Arnold disallowed goal      

 

The Key Match Incidents panel (KMI) has deemed the on-field decision to award Trent Alexander-Arnold’s goal in the Liverpool game against Manchester United at Old Trafford to be incorrect.

 

The Liverpool right-back thought he had opened the scoring seven minutes into the game against Man United after referee Anthony Taylor awarded the goal.

 

However, VAR rightly ruled it off as Reds forward Mohamed Salah had been offside in the build-up.

 

The KMI has ruled that the video assistant referee (VAR) was right to intervene and chalk off the goal for Liverpool, also ruling that the on-field decision from Taylor was incorrect.

 

It was the only on-pitch decision ruled to have been incorrect out of the 23 incidents that were looked into after the third round of Premier League fixtures in 2024-25.

 

The independent panel consists of three former players or coaches, one Premier League representative and one representative from the referees’ body (Professional Game Match Officials Board).

 

The Premier League panel will continue to look into incidents after every matchday in the English top-flight, and their decisions should help improve the officiating going forward.

 

Liverpool went on to secure a 3-0 victory against Man United despite having Alexander-Arnold’s goal ruled out, with Luis Diaz grabbing a first-half brace.

 

Salah added the third goal 11 minutes into the second-half, with the visitors completely blowing the Red Devils out of the water.

 

Joint league leaders Liverpool resume Premier League action on Saturday when they host Nottingham Forest before starting their Champions League campaign against AC Milan at San Siro three days later.

 

Meanwhile, Man United travel to face newly-promoted Southampton on Saturday before hosting Barnsley in the third-round of the Carabao Cup next Tuesday.

 

 

Why Trent Alexander-Arnold goal vs Man United was disallowed after Steven Gerrard celebration

Liverpool news as Trent Alexander-Arnold has goal ruled-out for offside at Old Trafford against Manchester United

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool and Manchester United locked horns for the first time in the 2024/25 Premier League season on Sunday. It is also the first time that Arne Slot faced Erik ten Hag in England after their battles in the Netherlands.

The Reds came into the fixture after two wins from their opening two games of the season after defeating Ipswich Town and Brentford. United welcomed Slot’s men to Old Trafford after losing 2-1 to Brighton last week.

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In Manchester, Liverpool thought they had got off to the perfect start when a well-worked team move ended in the ball crossing the line via Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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Good work by Ryan Gravenberch in the middle of the park turned defence into attack before Luis Diaz played a dangerous ball across Andre Onana’s box. Alexander-Arnold was at the back post and got enough in his shot to open the scoring before replicating Steven Gerrard’s famous celebration at Old Trafford.

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However, after a short VAR check, the opening goal was disallowed for offside after Mohamed Salah got a slight touch. The forward had made his way into the box and was in an offside position when the ball went past him.

The Premier League Match Centre on X, which is used to provide information on crucial decisions in the Premier League, explained why Alexander-Arnold’s goal was disallowed. It read: “Alexander-Arnold’s goal was initially awarded on-field. The VAR determined that Salah played the ball while in an offside position in the build-up and recommended that the goal was disallowed.”

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Arne Slot’s superb start to life at Liverpool continued as Luis Diaz scored twice in a 3-0 away win over rivals Manchester United that piled more problems at the door of Erik ten Hag.

 

Liverpool were clinical as Mohamed Salah added a third early in the second half to make it three wins out of three for Slot, but this was a second defeat of the young season for a poor United side, and Ten Hag cut a frustrated figure on the Old Trafford touchline.

 

The issues that dogged United for much of last season and the start of this were ruthlessly exposed as Liverpool cut through United’s midfield time and again. Casemiro, at fault for two of the goals, was hauled off at half-time but little changed, with Liverpool better in every department.

 

 

Slot had already enjoyed a 3-0 pre-season friendly victory over United in the summer but this win saw him become the first Liverpool boss to beat United in his first competitive meeting since Bob Paisley in 1975.

 

There was an early warning sign when Liverpool had a goal awarded by one form of technology only to be ruled out by another just six minutes in.

 

Referee Anthony Taylor pointed to his watch to indicate Trent Alexander-Arnold’s shot had crossed the line before striking Diogo Dalot and bouncing clear, but VAR John Brooks then intervened as Salah was offside when he knocked Diaz’s low ball into Alexander-Arnold’s path.

 

It was a let-off for United given the ease with which Ryan Gravenberch had carved through their midfield to create the opportunity. Ten Hag’s side tried to settle the game down, controlling the tempo for a period, but doing so at the expense of offering any threat themselves.

 

Liverpool were happy to keep probing, and their reward came in the 35th minute.

 

 

Casemiro needlessly passed straight to Gravenberch, who once again found the space to charge forward before slipping the ball wide to Salah, and the only challenge to Diaz looking to head in at the far post was his own team-mate Dominik Szoboszlai, who ducked out of the way.

 

United soon had a chance to hit back when Bruno Fernandes’ cross was deflected into the path of Noussair Mazraoui. His low shot fizzed through the legs of Virgil van Dijk but the unsighted Alisson Becker did enough to scramble it clear.

 

Instead Liverpool doubled their lead three minutes before half-time, with Casemiro again involved for the wrong reasons.

 

Diaz picked his pocket in midfield, and while United looked to Taylor in vain for a free-kick, Diaz swapped passes with Salah before turning a low shot inside the post.

 

Toby Collyer replaced Casemiro at the break and the 20-year-old was quickly involved in setting up a chance for Joshua Zirkzee, whose shot was pushed wide by Alisson.

 

But although Casemiro had gone Liverpool were still bossing the midfield, and after Alexis Mac Allister dispossessed Kobbie Mainoo, Szoboszlai teed up Salah to make it three in a swift counter in the 56th minute.

 

United were on the rocks, and Salah almost added a fourth a couple of minutes later, denied by Andre Onana, while Cody Gakpo headed narrowly wide from Szoboszlai’s cross moments after coming on.

 

United offered some late threat. Zirkzee should have done better with a close-range header but directed it straight at Alisson, before defender Lisandro Martinez tried an unlikely overhead kick from substitute Amad Diallo’s cross, but missed the target.

 

Zirkzee then missed another chance, unable to get his shot on target as he met Dalot’s cross at the far post, but Ten Hag’s side were well beaten.

 

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