Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has slammed the referee’s decision that saw Tottenham Hotspur winner Lucas Bergvall score against Kostas Zidane in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg Mikas’ challenge avoided a sending-off.

Bergvall scored the only goal to give Liverpool the advantage as they were beaten by Tottenham in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-finals. The 18-year-old was initially booked by referee Stuart Atwell for a challenge on Luis Diaz in the 68th minute.

Shortly before the goal, Bergvall rushed towards Tsimikas in the final seconds of the game, causing the game to be suspended and Tsimikas to be taken off the field, which meant that the visiting team was temporarily reduced to 10 players. As Tsimikas watched from the sidelines, Spurs fought back and Bergvall completed the move to send them into the second leg at Anfield on Thursday, February 6, with a slim advantage.

After the game, Van Dijk confronted the referee throughout the game, insisting that Bergvall should have been given a second yellow card.

“I think it’s clear it’s going to be a second yellow card,” Van Dijk told reporters. sky sports.

“Obviously, I think it’s clear (from what I said to the referee). It was no coincidence that he scored after a minute.

“In my opinion he (Atwell) made a mistake and I told him that. I think it was obvious and everyone on the sideline knew it should have been a yellow card.

“There was a linesman there, a fourth official. There was VAR and a referee there and he didn’t get a second yellow card. I’m not saying that’s why we lost today, but it was a big moment in the game. .”game. “

Liverpool manager Arne Slott also expressed his captain’s frustration over the winning goal.

“The decisions he (Atwell) made had a big impact on tonight’s outcome,” Slaughter told sky sports. “I think
Everyone will tell you this.

“The ball conceded (that goal) and even the player who scored it, maybe should have gotten his second yellow card, not only for us, it’s not ideal. I don’t know, but I think maybe even the referee said ‘yes’ ‘Did this really happen?
What is the goal now?

“The fourth official told me why he didn’t think it was a second yellow card and of course he probably heard it from the referee. If you stop a counterattack with a reckless challenge he can still give a yellow card but he didn’t think it was
A reckless challenge. “

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68: Lucas Bergvall is shown a yellow card for a slip on Liverpool’s Luis Diaz.

84: Bergvall succeeds Kostas Tsimikas. Referee Stuart Atwell took advantage, leading to Darwin Nunez’s shot on target. Play was then paused to allow Tsimikas to receive treatment, but Bergvall was not punished despite protests from Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.

86: Two minutes and five seconds after Bergvall’s tackle, he A breakthrough for Tottenham, while Tsimikas waited on the sidelines to receive treatment before returning to the court. A Liverpool coach was booked by referee Atwell for complaining about the situation. Spurs’ goal came directly from an uncontested drop ball.

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Michael Dawson said on Sky Sports Football:

“If Stuart Attwell gets the first goal right, he puts himself in a good position. I don’t think the first goal is a yellow card. He gives him a chance and a chance to do decision.

“The second one should be a yellow card. If you get one right and one wrong you can’t equalize the score.”

Izzy Christiansen said on Sky Sports Football:

“The second one is worse than the first. It doesn’t make sense.”

Jamie Redknapp said on Sky Sports Football:

“It had a huge impact on the rest of the game. He had to come off for treatment and that left Liverpool with 10 men. So not only was Bergvall still on the pitch, Liverpool had to play with 10 men.”

“But Tottenham will definitely play a role.”

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Atwell had earlier used the public address system to announce that Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke’s 76th-minute goal had been ruled out for offside in a historic moment for English football.

Atwell communicated the decision via wireless microphone to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium crowd and television viewers after about two minutes of VAR review.

But Postkoglu dismissed this and called on the football world to resist technology-driven changes to the game.

“I’m really amazed at how easily people in this country have had the game change so much, so quickly,” he said. “Things have changed more since VAR came on than in the last 50 years. We’ve never done that before. So many things were debated.

“Did everyone really like today’s announcement? Did it create a real buzz for you?

“My understanding is that’s what people want. I know VAR is going to come, technology is going to come. But my wife and kids limit screen time. Why are we changing the game so much?

“I know I’m going to be the old man in the stands who yells boos every time I look at VAR.

“There’s a lot of confusion at the moment. The game is changing based on technology, why isn’t anyone talking about it? You think you’re the guardians of the game, you have a song that says ‘It’s coming home’ but the most conservative about change is from the world Australians on the other side.”

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“Depending on the VAR decision, he has to tell everyone what his decision is and unfortunately he didn’t have to do that with the (second yellow card Bergvall) decision.

“If it was offside, I don’t think anyone needs to explain anything. It would be more interesting if he explained why he wasn’t given a second yellow card!”

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Sky Sports’ Peter Smith at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium:

“For the first time we heard the VAR announcement from referee Stuart Atwell over the public address system.

“But the news of the offside was drowned out by the boos from the disgruntled Tottenham fans and the cheers from the Liverpool fans!

“Lesson for the future: the referee blowing his whistle loudly into the amplified live microphones around the stadium is not a pleasant sound to those listening!”