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Aaron Catterson-Reid

Why Joel Matip's goal was disallowed during Chelsea and Liverpool's Carabao Cup final

Liverpool star Joel Matip saw his Carabao Cup final goal against Chelsea chalked off after Virgil van Dijk was deemed to have interfered with play.

Matip headed in from close range via a Trent Alexander-Anrold free-kick deep into the second half, breaking the deadlock before VAR told referee Stuart Atwell to review the decision, with the official eventually deciding to disallow the Cameroonian international's goal.

Dutch centre-half van Dijk had drifted into an offside position and despite not touching the ball, the 30-year-old was deemed to have interfered with play, blocking Blues right-back Reece James from defending Sadio Mane's assist.

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