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Premier League Panel: Van Dijk Goal Should Have Stood as VAR Stayed Within Protocol

The advisory ruling underscores a gap between subjective on-field judgment versus VAR’s clear-and-obvious threshold.

Van Dijk’s header was ruled out because Robertson was deemed to be offside
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Overview

  • The Key Match Incidents panel judged the offside call against Andy Robertson incorrect, meaning Virgil van Dijk’s first-half header should have counted at 1-1.
  • The panel also found VAR Michael Oliver was right not to intervene because the on-field decision did not meet the clear-and-obvious error standard.
  • Referee Chris Kavanagh and assistant Stuart Burt ruled Robertson offside and interfering with Gianluigi Donnarumma’s view by ducking in front of him.
  • PGMOL released the full VAR audio, with Oliver confirming the on-field offside decision after checks from Stockley Park.
  • Liverpool contacted PGMOL chief Howard Webb to complain; Webb defended the officials’ process on Match Officials Mic’d Up as City’s 3-0 win stood and calls for procedural reform grew.