FA Cup: West Brom Beat Liverpool 3-2 In Anfield
Jay Rodriguez scored twice as West Brom won at Liverpool in an extraordinary FA Cup fourth-round tie dominated by video assistant referee (...
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Jay Rodriguez scored twice as West Brom won at Liverpool in an extraordinary FA Cup fourth-round tie dominated by video assistant referee (VAR) decisions.
Referee Craig Pawson ruled out an Albion goal, gave Liverpool a penalty and delayed awarding the visitors’ third goal because of VAR referrals.
Rodriguez thumped an equaliser seconds after Roberto Firmino chipped an opener, then slotted Albion 2-1 up.
Joel Matip’s own goal made it 3-1, before Mohamed Salah pulled one back.
Liverpool’s first-half penalty, which Firmino missed, was a moment of VAR history – as it was the first time a referee in an English game had referred to a monitor on the touchline to make a final decision.
Pawson ruled, after a significant delay, that Jake Livermore had tugged Salah’s shirt, and pointed to the spot.
Liverpool pushed hard for a late equaliser, but were poor for much of the game as they fell to their first home defeat since 23 April last year.
Referee Craig Pawson ruled out an Albion goal, gave Liverpool a penalty and delayed awarding the visitors’ third goal because of VAR referrals.
Rodriguez thumped an equaliser seconds after Roberto Firmino chipped an opener, then slotted Albion 2-1 up.
Joel Matip’s own goal made it 3-1, before Mohamed Salah pulled one back.
Liverpool’s first-half penalty, which Firmino missed, was a moment of VAR history – as it was the first time a referee in an English game had referred to a monitor on the touchline to make a final decision.
Pawson ruled, after a significant delay, that Jake Livermore had tugged Salah’s shirt, and pointed to the spot.
Liverpool pushed hard for a late equaliser, but were poor for much of the game as they fell to their first home defeat since 23 April last year.
