Glasner points out ‘van Dijk’ should have given a penalty.

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Oliver Glasner, Crystal Palace manager, suggested that the team should have been awarded a penalty when Virgil van Dijk pulled the arm of Marc Guehi in the second half of their 1-0 loss to Liverpool

at home. Palace, playing at home, took the lead in the 9th minute, then in the middle of the second half, a problem occurred when a long ball into the penalty area was placed, Guehi was about to charge in and tangled with Van Dijk until he fell.

Simon Hooper, the referee on the field, did not blow the penalty whistle. The VAR room under David Coote confirmed and stated the reason: “Van Dijk did not pull the opponent continuously. It was an incident that did not affect the play.”

However, Keith Hackett, a former Premier League referee, thought differently: “Everyone could see Van Dijk was blatantly pulling the opponent. It was an incident that affected the play. “

Of course, referees can make mistakes. But it is pathetic that VAR did not intervene. The statement they made is even more confusing because the slow-motion replays showed the exact opposite.”

Legendary footballer Joe Cole also thinks that his old team Should have been a clear penalty, as did Palace boss Glasner: “We should have had a clear penalty, Guehi wanted to play the ball and he was held up by Van Dijk with both hands. “

We have to accept the decision, however. In the first half we saw the quality of Liverpool but in the second half we improved, we created ufabet http://ufabet999.app enough chances to

equalise and that gives us confidence.” Reds boss Arne Slot was also quizzed on the controversial incident, and had a different view to his opponent:

“The ball was going into our keeper’s hands and Guehi could not have reached it. If the referee had blown the whistle, VAR would not have overturned the decision but for me it was not a penalty. “

Looking at the big picture I don’t think the Palace fans can complain about the referee. We waited 55 minutes for our first free-kick. We had 15 fouls on us throughout the game, while they had two.