Three VAR Decisions Help Brighton Balance Liverpool

Pascal Gross executes the third VAR penalty in his team's favor (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Three VAR decisions helped Brighton & Hove Albion to match Liverpool 1-1 in Week 10 of the Premier League at the Amex Stadium, Saturday, November 28.

According to Antara, before being helped by VAR's decision, Brighton actually got a good chance to take the lead when it was awarded a penalty because Neco Williams violated Aaron Connolly in the forbidden area in the 20th minute.

However, this opportunity was wasted by Neal Maupay, who became the executioner, because even though he had tricked the goalkeeper Alisson Becker, his shot ball shot to the wrong side of the goal post and did not produce a goal.

In the 34th minute, the first VAR decision in Brighton's favor was born when Mohamed Salah's goal was disallowed because the Egyptian striker was caught several millimeters offside.

Liverpool, who appeared no better than the match against Atalanta in the middle of last week, finally gained the advantage in the 60th minute when Diogo Jota fired a shot that was not reached by goalkeeper Mathew Ryan into the bottom right corner of the net.

In the 83rd minute, a VAR decision in Brighton's favor comes again when Sadio Mane's header is ruled out for offside.

Then, in the second minute of injury time, the game's final VAR decision awarded Brighton a second penalty after Andy Robertson's effort to clear the ball hit Danny Welbeck's leg.

Pascal Gross took advantage of the opportunity to kick 12 after the second to force a 1-1 draw.

Apart from the VAR decision, the match saw at least three substitutions that both teams had to make due to injury.

Maupay left the field first after looking in pain holding the hamstring in the 26th minute replaced by Leandro Trossard.

Then Adam Lallana, who had not yet played for 10 minutes, had to come out to be replaced by Alireza Jahanbakhsh in the 71st minute because his injury recurred.

Meanwhile, in the Liverpool camp, James Milner also left the field due to injury in the 74th minute to be replaced by Curtis Jones.

The draw made Liverpool temporarily take over the top of the standings with a collection of 21 points, one point ahead of Tottenham Hotspur (20) who just played on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Brighton (10) has not moved from 16th place, but still has a safe distance of six points from the relegation zone, according to the official Premier League website.

Brighton will next host Southampton in the 11th match on Monday (7/12) next week, while Liverpool must first face Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday (1/12) before hosting Wolverhampton five days later.