Sadio Mane's VAR-checked winning goal against West Ham United was right to stand but so was Romelu Lukaku's against the Liverpool in the Carabao Cup Final.
That's the view of beIN sports presenter Richard Keys and co-host Andy Gray, who analysed Mane's crucial Anfield strike on their show.
The former Sky Sports presenters were in unison regarding the Senegalese AFCON winner's goal, but went further by saying such marginal calls should always be allowed to stand, including Chelsea's disallowed extra-time goal from Lukaku against Liverpool at Wembley.
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The Reds went on to win the match 11-10 in a penalty shoot-out and lift the League Cup.
Gray said: “I don’t want to see goals disallowed for this sort of thing. They’re so close I wouldn’t want to see a goal disallowed. In the same way that I said with Lukaku. Lukuku's (goal) should not be disallowed for this sort of thing.
With the Mane VAR review displayed on the studio monitor, complete with offside line graphics, Keys walks towards it and said: “Top of the sleeve here and top of the sleeve there. There cannot be that much distance. I have no idea why they’re so far apart.
"I don't even know why we're looking when it's like this.
“I'm glad it's given but Lukaku’s should’ve been given too last week.”
Gray added: "I think we're not getting uniformity in decisions at all with VAR. It's not any better than pre-VAR. But the goal is onside and I don't have any problem with it when it's that close.
Lukuku's disallowed goal at Wembley and Mane's correctly allowed goal at Anfield means that Liverpool have not only won the first major domestic silverware on offer this season, but also remain the heels of Manchester City in the Premier League title race.
Liverpool also had a goal from Joel Matip disallowed by VAR in the Carabao Cup final, when Virgil van Dijk was judged to have interfered with play from an offside position, even though he didn't touch the ball.
