Alexis Mac Allister has described the controversial resolution to rule out Jarell Quansah‘s late objective towards Toulouse on account of his ‘handball’ as “a bizarre one.”
Quansah regarded to have salvaged Liverpool an undeserved level at Toulouse on Thursday night time, as he smashed house inside a throng for 3-3.
However after a prolonged evaluation, referee Georgi Kabakov first awarded a objective earlier than then chalking it off for a handball within the buildup from Mac Allister.
Mac Allister’s ‘offence’, which noticed him chest the ball earlier than it bounced onto his higher arm, got here a number of phases of play earlier than the objective, which left Jurgen Klopp satisfied it “one hundred pc” ought to have stood.
And chatting with LFCTV after the sport, the Argentine admitted it was “bizarre” to see the referee’s pondering.
“The final state of affairs is a bizarre one, as a result of the referee stated ‘objective’ [after VAR check], then seconds later he modified the choice,” Mac Allister stated.
“I don’t know precisely what the rule is, nevertheless it first hit my chest. So it’s bizarre.
“It’s bizarre, nevertheless it’s not an excuse. We didn’t play in addition to we all know. It’s a good end result.”
Harvey Elliott was one other to confess that Liverpool obtained what they deserved for a second abject efficiency in a row, however agreed with Mac Allister on the VAR name.
“[I’m] not likely too positive, to be sincere,” he instructed LFCTV when requested for his take.
“With VAR and stuff you’ll be able to by no means have fun too early, so we had been simply ready round to see what the choice was.
“They gave it they usually didn’t give it, so I’m not too positive what’s occurring.
“I’m not a referee, I’m simply right here to play. We had been simply ready for the choice and sadly it was disallowed.”
Elliott added: “We weren’t actually there all through the entire recreation, we deserved to not likely come away with something.
“However we simply have to maintain going, making the appropriate selections and proper decisions within the subsequent recreation, replicate on this one and ensure we put it into the following.”
