"Had Roberto Firmino accidentally handled the ball in the build-up, Mohamed Salah's goal would have stood," ex-Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg argues in the Daily Mail.
"But what VAR Jonathan Moss suggested to referee Martin Atkinson was that the handball was deliberate.
"He sees how Firmino moves his arm towards the ball while he is wrestling with Eric Dier and it keeps it under control, before Liverpool go on to score.
"Atkinson checks his pitch-side monitor and concurs, chalking it off. It comes after a change from IFAB that a handball in the immediate build-up to a goal, accidental or not, would be disallowed.
"However, a handball in the build-up to a goal would not be reviewed unless it was deliberate. This fell into the category of deliberate."
Even if Firmino's handball was intentional (which is debatable), the problem with such logic is that Eric Dier was not only fouling Firmino but also played the ball with his hand before Firmino did - and somehow, the Liverpool forward was the only one who was found to be in the wrong.
In any case, it's not anything new for the Reds who have had their share of questionable VAR calls.
