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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Kyle Newbould

Why Phil Foden's goal was disallowed during Liverpool vs Manchester City

Liverpool fans had VAR to thank for ruling out Phil Foden's opening goal for a shirt pull on Fabinho from Erling Haaland.

City thought they had opened the scoring in the second-half to jubilant scenes in the away end when Erling Haaland and Alisson Becker collided and the ball fell to Foden, who thumped in off the foot of Joe Gomez. But while the coming together between the Reds goalkeeper and Haaland was deemed fair, VAR official Darren England instructed Anthony Taylor to check the screen.

And after a quick look back at the incident, the referee called for a foul from Haaland on Fabinho, with the Norwegian pulling the Liverpool midfielder to the ground and allowing Bernardo Silva to run on to the loose ball - as was confirmed by the Premier League.

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