The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- Judith Benjamin
As the fallout for Liverpool’s wrongly disallowed goal rumbles on, the question is what will happen next in light of the incident.
With Liverpool already down to ten men and the score goalless, Luis Diaz thought he had put the Reds in the lead against Tottenham on Saturday.
However, the goal was ruled for offside by both the on field officials and VAR, despite replays clearly showing the Colombian was in an offside position.
After the game PGMOL issued an apology to the club, citing a human error led to the wrong outcome. But Liverpool aren’t happy and believe the decision undermined sporting integrity, leading to possible speculation the game could be replayed.
A replay is a rare occurrence in football, but here are seven examples of a game or incident being repeated.
Luis Diaz thinks he has fired Liverpool ahead in their match against Tottenham on Saturday
The goal was disallowed by VAR but was later revealed as an error as the goal was onside
Arsenal vs Sheffield United, February 1999
The most famous game in the modern era to be replayed is this FA Cup Fifth Round clash at Highbury in 1999.
First Division Sheffield United were the visitors to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal, and with the game poised at 1-1 thanks to goals from Patrick Vieira for the hosts and Marcelo’s equaliser for the Blades, the game took a chaotic turn.
United goalie Alan Kelly kicked the ball out for a throw-in to allow injured team-mate Lee Morris to receive treatment. The Blades were then under the impression Arsenal would return the ball to them following the restart.
Sheffield United share their grievances at Arsenal players celebrating following controversial goal in a 1999 cup tie
That’s exactly what Ray Parlour intended to do, but didn’t bargain for debutant Nwankwo Kanu. The Nigerian intercepted the pass back to the Blades, laid the ball off to Marc Overmars, who then put the ball into the net to make it 2-1.
The goal caused uproar amongst the away side, with boss Steve Bruce ordering his players to walk off the pitch in protest.
The game was able to finish, with the Gunners going through, but the injustice raged on, and in the aftermath Wenger offered United a rematch – which was agreed on by both teams.
Arsenal would win the repeated fixture, thanks to a goal from ironically from Overmars and a Dennis Bergkamp winner.
Leeds vs Aston Villa, April 2019
There was never a dull moment during Marcelo Bielsa’s riegn at Leeds and this was no exception in one of the Championship’s most bizarre moments.
After Jonathan Kodjia went down injured for Aston Villa, the Villa players stopped play as Leeds’ Tyler Roberts slowed down, indicating his team were about to also down tools.
Except Roberts then ran through the defence and squared the ball to Mateusz Klich who curled the ball into the net, sparking huge scenes of uproar and an on-pitch melee.
Leeds and Aston Villa players clash after a the home side’s unjust goal following a Villa injury
Albert Adomah was allowed to equalise even if Pontus Jansson wasn’t happy about the call
The actions didn’t go down well with Bielsa, who then ordered his team to let Villa score straight from kick-off to make it for the injustice. Unfortunately, defender Pontus Jansson didn’t agree and was the only Leeds player to challenge Albert Adomah as he put the ball into the net to make it 1-1.
While the rest of his team stood and watched Adomah restore sporting integrity, Jansson tried to stop the goal and then felt the wrath of his team-mates for going against the managers wishes.
Rangers vs Partick Thistle, February 2023
Over in Scotland, Rangers were also the pantomime bad guys after Malik Tillman scored in controversial fashion against Partick Thistle last season.
With the score at 1-1, Rangers kicked the ball out to allow Tillman to receive treatment. However, as Partick attempt to play the ball back to Rangers, skipper Kevin Holt miss controlled the ball.
Tillman saw this as a chance to pounce and promptly nicked the ball off the Partick player and put Rangers in front, without given the away side a chance to play it back to their hosts.
