"To be in an offside position is not an offence in itself; it only matters when you become involved in active play. Robertson was penalised because he was deemed to have made an obvious action that impacted the ability of an opponent, in this case Gianluigi Donnarumma, to play the ball. You can't say for sure whether Donnarumma would have got the ball and for the VAR, Michael Oliver, to overturn the on-field call he has to have clear evidence that Donnaruma was not impacted."
"For a VAR intervention you need clear evidence to overturn a decision and there wasn't any. It would work the other way round, too. If we had seen an on-field decision of goal, had we not had an offside offence indicated, then VAR would also not have intervened. It would have been check complete and the goal would have stood. On balance, I would have preferred a goal, but it was not a clear and obvious error to deny one."
A referee disallowed Liverpool's equaliser after an assistant flagged Andy Robertson offside while Virgil van Dijk's header went in. Robertson, in the goal area near goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, shifted position and ducked as the ball approached. VAR reviewed the call but Michael Oliver did not overturn the on-field decision because there was not clear evidence that Donnarumma was impacted. To overturn a decision VAR requires clear and obvious evidence of an error; being in an offside position alone is not an offence unless involved in active play. The choice was subjective but not clearly incorrect under VAR standards.
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