Any Liverpool followers following the fortunes of Rafael Benitez at Celta Vigo could have had a painful sense of deja vu on Monday evening.
On Saturday, the Reds have been robbed of a official opening objective within the thirty fourth minute because of an misguided VAR determination and succumbed to a stoppage time winner in a 2-1 defeat away from residence.
On Monday evening, the previous LFC supervisor’s present facet have been robbed of a official opening objective within the thirty fourth minute because of an misguided VAR determination and succumbed to a stoppage time winner in a 2-1 defeat away from residence.
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Celta thought they’d taken the lead in opposition to Las Palmas when Jorgen Strand Larsen completed to the online, just for the objective to be disallowed after Anastasios Douvikas was harshly adjudged to have blocked off his opponent within the build-up (decide for your self right here).
Benitez didn’t mince his phrases over the choice when chatting with DAZN (by way of Soccer Espana) after the sport, describing it as ‘absurd’ and including: “It might’t be, that is soccer. We’re not speaking about ping pong. We’re regularly rowing in opposition to the present.”
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The choice to disallow Larsen’s objective wasn’t fairly as baffling because the one which value Luis Diaz and Liverpool on Saturday, though the previous Reds boss nonetheless appeared to have a official grievance.
Douvikas seemed to be held again by Mika Marmol fairly than the opposite manner round earlier than the ball ran by to the Norwegian striker to attain.
The parallels between Benitez’s present membership and his former one have been frighteningly coincidental after a three-day interval which has seen VAR within the highlight in each England and Spain. Maybe the problems with its implementation aren’t confined to the Premier League in any case.
You’ll be able to view Celta’s disallowed objective (from 0:42) by way of LaLiga on YouTube
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