{"id":290501,"date":"2023-10-08T18:33:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T18:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290501"},"modified":"2023-10-08T18:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T18:33:30","slug":"van-dijk-puzzled-over-gross-avoiding-red-card-against-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/van-dijk-puzzled-over-gross-avoiding-red-card-against-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Dijk puzzled over Gross avoiding red card against Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Virgil van Dijk admits he was puzzled why Pascal Gross was not sent off during Liverpool&#8217;s draw with Brighton as Jurgen Klopp insists he is &#8216;TOO OLD&#8217; to discuss officiating controversy<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Liverpool were made to settle for a point after their 2-2 draw with Brighton<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mohamed Salah scored a penalty after Pascal Gross&#8217; clumsy, last-ditch foul\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has admitted his surprise after Pascal Gross avoided a red card in their draw at Brighton despite clumsily gifting away a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Gross was not booked after hauling down Dominik Szoboszlai inside the box, with Mohamed Salah stepping up to convert and hand the visitors the lead.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed Gross controversially evaded punishment because VAR officials did not view the opening for\u00a0Szoboszlai as a &#8216;clear goalscoring opportunity&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The call ultimately proved costly with Seagulls captain Lewis Dunk forcing a share of the spoils with a late equaliser, leaving Liverpool ruing yet more divisive officiating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;On the pitch you are thinking about this and you have to be careful for asking if was going to get sent off,&#8217; Van Dijk told Sky Sports post-match.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/18\/76306751-12607963-image-a-1_1696785216295.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pascal Gross avoided a red card in Brighton&#8217;s draw at Liverpool despite gifting away a penalty<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/18\/76306755-12607963-image-m-3_1696785223452.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Virgil van Dijk has expressed his surprise over the referee&#8217;s choice not to punish Gross<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was curious for the reason why he didn&#8217;t get a booking. We win the penalty, we score the penalty and the ref didn&#8217;t give a yellow or a red. We have to accept it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gross was guilty of holding on to\u00a0Szoboszlai&#8217;s shirt after a mix-up at the back, with a poor pass from goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen snatched up by the high press.<\/p>\n<p>But referee Anthony Taylor did not brandish a card and VAR Chris Kavanagh opted not to advise the official to take a look at the incident on his pitchside monitor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reds boss Jurgen Klopp was reluctant to criticise the decision, saying: &#8216;I didn&#8217;t even realise at the time to be honest. When it was a penalty, I didn&#8217;t think about a red.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I&#8217;ve heard now it was about whether it was a goal-scoring opportunity. Can I ask the question here? Do you think it was a goal-scoring opportunity? Hands up! I haven&#8217;t seen it back yet. Oh, a few hands up!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What can I say about that? I&#8217;m over it. I&#8217;m too old for these kind of things. It won&#8217;t change it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/18\/76306753-12607963-image-a-4_1696785284939.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gross tangled with\u00a0Dominik Szoboszlai after a costly mix-up at the back from the home side<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/18\/76306761-12607963-image-m-6_1696785305268.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp was reluctant to criticise the divisive decision, jokingly insisting he is &#8216;too old&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Brighton had taken the lead at the Amex Stadium after Simon Adingra robbed Alexis Mac Allister, who made his first return to his former club, and slotted past Alisson.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk believes that a breakdown in communication led to the breakthrough,<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Miscommunication. He heard a shout and it wasn&#8217;t,&#8217; he added. &#8216;It was a miscommunication and we don&#8217;t want to make mistakes.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Overall I am proud of my team and we have to get through the international break and then back for a very interesting couple of games.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We came here to win. I think we had opportunities to do so and in the end a draw, after a difficult game. Quite open at times. Quite even but looking at our team, we had opportunities to win.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12607963\/Virgil-van-Dijk-Pascal-Gross-Liverpool-draw-Brighton-Jurgen-Klopp-officiating-controversy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgil van Dijk admits he was puzzled why Pascal Gross was not sent off during Liverpool&#8217;s draw with Brighton as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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