Liverpool have contacted PGMOL over Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed goal in the defeat to Manchester City

After examining all available footage taken from multiple angles, Liverpool rejected the idea that Donnarumma’s line of sight was affected by Robertson’s position.

The Reds are also baffled as to why the VAR process, which was supervised by Michael Oliver, did not end in a goal being awarded.

Liverpool accept the result of the match but the decision to contact Howard Webb, Chairman of the PGMOL Refereeing Panel, to express their concerns was taken because the club believes the incident should not be allowed to go unchallenged or scrutinized.

The wording of the relevant Law 11 states that a player in an offside position is only penalized when he becomes active by: “interfering with play by playing or touching the ball that has been passed or touched by a teammate or interfering with an opponent by preventing the opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of sight or challenging the opponent for the ball or clearly attempting to play a close ball when such action affects the opponent or performing an obvious action.” “This clearly affects the opponent’s ability to play the ball.”