""I know that's not a view held by everybody, but I think it's not unreasonable to understand why they would form that conclusion. When the player is so close to the goalkeeper, the ball's coming right towards him, he has to duck to get out of the way of the ball and [the match officials] form the conclusion that that impacts Donnarumma's dive towards the ball to make that save.""
"Liverpool contacted Webb, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited's chief refereeing officer, on Monday to raise concerns about the interpretation of the offside rules after Van Dijk's header was disallowed by referee Chris Kavanagh. Andy Robertson was clearly in an offside position when he ducked under the ball, but Liverpool argued he was not in goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma's line of vision and so did not interfere with play."
Liverpool contacted Howard Webb to raise concerns about the interpretation of offside rules after Virgil van Dijk's header was disallowed by referee Chris Kavanagh. Andy Robertson ducked under the ball and was clearly in an offside position, but Liverpool argued he was not in goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma's line of vision and did not interfere with play. Howard Webb described such interference decisions as highly subjective and said it was not unreasonable to conclude that Robertson's proximity and movement impacted Donnarumma's dive. The Premier League Match Centre deemed Robertson to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper, a premise Liverpool disputes under Law 11.
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