Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has aimed a dig at officials after last weekend’s defeat to West Ham United in the Premier League. A lengthy VAR check looked to see if there was a foul on Alisson, as well as a potential handball from Ogbonna, but officials deemed there to be nothing wrong with it and the own goal stood. And now Alisson, who is currently away on international duty with Brazil, has shared a post on Instagram appearing to hit out at the officials who ruled there was no foul.
Alisson Becker said: “When you can use your hands, the job is not so hard.”
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was also of the view the goal should’ve been ruled out after he felt Alisson was impeded.
Jurgen Klopp said: “I think the goals are clear but some situations they have to go another way. Let’s talk about the goals they score. The first I think is a foul on the goalie – I don’t know what a player has to do for it to be a foul on the goalie. The arm goes against Ali’s arm so how can he catch the ball when someone takes his arm away? How can that happen? I just don’t know. It’s a typical excuse, probably, VAR says it’s not clear and obvious but I don’t know what you need and I don’t know about the handball. If a player goes up with an arm against an arm it’s not important for a goalie it’s an important piece of the body and if that happens how can he make a save? I know people will say ‘he’s looking for excuses’, I’m not. I’m completely calm and I don’t think we’re too good to lose football games. We lost and it’s not nice but I accept that.”
