VAR Review: Explaining the offside drama in Liverpool vs. Wolves

VAR Review: Explaining the offside drama in Liverpool vs. Wolves

Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers played out a 2-2 draw in the third round of the FA Cup at Anfield, but there were two controversial offside decisions. This is what happened.

Goal disallowed: Nunes offside on Toti goal

What happened: In the 81st minute, Toti thought he had scored the winning goal goal for Wolves, but the assistant raised his flag for offside.

VAR decision: Offside stands.

VAR review: This was a decision which confused most fans, because there was no offside in the move that directly led to Toti scoring. So why did the flag go up?

The move began with a corner taken by Matheus Nunes. After the delivery into the box, the last attacking touch was by Hwang Hee-Chan — this sets the offside phase. Nunes was the next player to receive the ball. The assistant delayed his flag and raised it after the goal was scored, as Nunes was in an offside position running back to receive the ball at the start of the move.