MARK CLATTENBURG: VAR made right call over disallowing Mohamed Salah’s goal due to build-up handball

Had Roberto Firmino by accident dealt with the ball within the build-up, Mohamed Salah‘s purpose would have stood. 

However what VAR Jonathan Moss instructed to referee Martin Atkinson was that the handball was deliberate.

He sees how Firmino strikes his arm in direction of the ball whereas he’s wrestling with Eric Dier and it retains it below management, earlier than Liverpool go on to attain.

VAR made the proper name in ruling out Mo Salah’s purpose after Roberto Firmino’s (left) handball

Salah thought he had scored for Liverpool with this strike however Firmino dealt with within the build-up

Atkinson checks his pitch-side monitor and concurs, chalking it off. It comes after a change from IFAB {that a} handball within the quick build-up to a purpose, unintended or not, could be disallowed. 

Nevertheless, a handball within the build-up to a purpose wouldn’t be reviewed except it was deliberate. This fell into the class of deliberate. 

General VAR was used nicely on this recreation, from Son Heung-min’s ruled-out opener to this disallowed purpose for Firmino’s handball. 

VAR made the precise name too in disallowing Son Heung-min’s Spurs opener as he was offside

Son thought he had given Tottenham an early lead however VAR Jonathan Moss disallowed it