"Erling Haaland gave chase and would have gotten there to nudge the ball definitively over the line but he was pulled back by Dominik Szoboszlai, who would then have caught up with the ball to clear had he not been pulled back by Haaland. The ball crossed the line but the referee Craig Pawson, after a VAR review, gave not a goal but a free-kick for the first offence, sending Szoboszlai off for the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity."
"Common sense no? said Pep Guardiola, put in the strange position of opposing a descision that technically went for his team. We won the game [but] now Dominik Szoboszlai cannot play. I know he pulled him but how many pulls [are there] and the referee says play on in this country, in this league? Give a goal, 3-1, Szoboszlai can play and we are happy."
"I can live with the fact, although I don't like it, that the referee follows the rulebook, said Arne Slot. Dominik makes a foul on Haaland in that last situation, which is a clear shirt-pull and he was through to goal so he would have scored. So that's a red card. And I think the Sunderland manager is really happy that he gives the red card. So that's the rulebook and you follow the rulebook."
In the final seconds at Anfield, with Alisson upfield, Rayan Cherki rolled the ball toward goal and Erling Haaland chased it. Haaland was pulled back by Dominik Szoboszlai, who would then have been pulled back by Haaland, and the ball crossed the line. After a VAR review, the referee awarded a free-kick for the initial offence and sent Szoboszlai off for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Managers, players and pundits reacted with frustration, arguing a goal should have stood to avoid a suspension and lamenting VAR's perceived impact on the spectacle.
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