Jurgen Klopp responds as Liverpool receive clarification on VAR decision
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Jurgen Klopp avoided criticizing the decision not to send off Pascal Gross as Liverpool drew 2-2 with Brighton, saying he was “too old” for the refereeing showdown. The Reds produced an entertaining game at the Amex Stadium on Sunday afternoon as Mohamed Salah scored twice for the South Coast side following Simon Adingra’s 20th-minute opener.
Salah’s second, canceled out by Lewis Dunk in the second half, came from the penalty spot after Gross pulled down Dominik Szoboszlai after receiving a pass from Darwin Nunez. Referee Anthony Taylor even refused to caution Gross for pulling the Hungary captain back, and VAR, Chris Kavanagh, decided not to intervene after a review. As VAR errors and controversial decisions marred last week’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham – and subsequently dominated the news cycle – Klopp missed the chance to provide a detailed assessment of the call to keep Gross on the pitch. “I honestly didn’t even understand at the time,” Klopp said. “When it was a penalty, I didn’t think about the red. But now I heard it was about whether it was a scoring opportunity.
Why Pascal Gross wasn’t sent off when he awarded Liverpool a penalty for pulling Dominik Szoboszlai’s shirt
Pascal Gross avoided a red card against Liverpool after VAR officials failed to consider the chance to be a “clear goal chance”.
Liverpool were punished at Brighton when German midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai was brought down in the penalty area and appeared to have made no real attempt to play the ball. Mohamed Salah gave the Reds a 2-1 lead. In cases where players tried to recover the ball, the referee saves them from being sent off. In this case, Gross not only avoided a red card, but the 32-year-old also escaped a yellow card for the offence.
The guidance on denying clear scoring opportunities states: “If a player commits a foul against an opponent in his own penalty area which prevents an obvious scoring opportunity for the opponent and the referee awards a penalty, the offender must be warned if the foul was an attempt to play the ball or a challenge to the ball; in all other circumstances (eg holding, pulling, pushing, not being able to play the ball, etc.) the offending player must be sent off.”
But despite Salah’s goal, Liverpool fans were left gasping after Gross avoided another penalty, and the ECHO understands it was because Szoboszlai failed to move towards goal and had to clear the ball to convert the chance. goal chance