Alisson on Liverpool's controversial goal: "Sometimes it feels like we are prisoners"

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker also spoke about the controversial match against Tottenham Hotspur and Luis Diaz's disallowed goal. "Sometimes it feels like we are prisoners," he said.
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The match officials at fault for a botched VAR call that cost Liverpool a goal in their 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on Saturday have been removed from duty for the rest of the Premier League weekend.
Referees' body the PGMOL admitted a "significant human error" had meant Luis Diaz's strike, when the game was level at 0-0, was not awarded by a VAR review after being flagged offside.
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker also broke his silence and spoke about the controversial topic of the weekend. The Brazilian said that they often "feel like prisoners" of the referees' decisions.
"My position is clear, everyone saw it. I don't like talking about arbitration, nor can we talk about arbitration. Sometimes it feels like we are prisoners. When he opens his mouth, he is punished from all sides," he told 'ESPN Brazil'.
"We, internally, will deal with this. I hope these things stop happening internally too. I've always said that VAR is good, precisely for these unfair situations. Incredibly, these things continue to happen with something so simple, with something that is so objective.
"And the technology is there. Why don't you use the technology that FIFA used in the World Cup? We saw it, yes, at half-time, but not with the intention of seeing the failure of the refereeing, but with the attitude of seeing what we did right in the game, which was a great move of ours, worked towards what we could play it in the second half and we have no line at all," he continued.
"We came back to play the second half and, unfortunately, there was another expulsion, which is also worth mentioning. This game has a lot of topics regarding refereeing, I think it's up to you to talk a lot. You have to talk, because this kind of thing is very frustrating. Very frustrating."
Referees' body the PGMOL admitted a "significant human error" had meant Luis Diaz's strike, when the game was level at 0-0, was not awarded by a VAR review after being flagged offside.
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker also broke his silence and spoke about the controversial topic of the weekend. The Brazilian said that they often "feel like prisoners" of the referees' decisions.
"My position is clear, everyone saw it. I don't like talking about arbitration, nor can we talk about arbitration. Sometimes it feels like we are prisoners. When he opens his mouth, he is punished from all sides," he told 'ESPN Brazil'.
"We, internally, will deal with this. I hope these things stop happening internally too. I've always said that VAR is good, precisely for these unfair situations. Incredibly, these things continue to happen with something so simple, with something that is so objective.
"And the technology is there. Why don't you use the technology that FIFA used in the World Cup? We saw it, yes, at half-time, but not with the intention of seeing the failure of the refereeing, but with the attitude of seeing what we did right in the game, which was a great move of ours, worked towards what we could play it in the second half and we have no line at all," he continued.
"We came back to play the second half and, unfortunately, there was another expulsion, which is also worth mentioning. This game has a lot of topics regarding refereeing, I think it's up to you to talk a lot. You have to talk, because this kind of thing is very frustrating. Very frustrating."
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