WATCH: VAR intervention disallows goal during Carabao Cup final, Liverpool win against Chelsea
Liverpool player can’t believe his goal was disallowed (Image Credit: Twitter)
The final match of the Carabao Cup 2023-24 between Liverpool and Chelsea was riddled with multiple controversies. One of the first controversies was the Liverpool fans booing the national anthem of England ‘GOD SAVE THE KING’. The supporters of the club have been following this tradition since the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989. During the incident, 97 people were killed and it is believed that the city had been abandoned by the British establishment.
Apart from this, in the 60th minute of the game, Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool scored but the VAR intervention ruled it off-side. However, the fans don’t believe this ruling and call it a howler. Before this, two players, Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) and Conor Bradley (Liverpool) were shown red cards each as they had an ugly fight with each other in the injury time of the first half.
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How’s this an offside goal. Var is disgusting and so is this ref #LIVCHE #CarabaoCupFinalpic.twitter.com/mxPvzDW57M pic.twitter.com/JAhXptpqbH
— d e j👨💻👷🏾♂️❤️ (@Babatundejr30) February 25, 2024
Chilwell and Bradley get into it pic.twitter.com/sdLN5lfnIB
— Footy Weekly (Banky) (@FootyBanks) February 25, 2024
Liverpool beats Chelsea 1-0 in the extra time
Despite the game being riddled with controversies, it did manage to engage the fans till the extra time, consisting of 30 minutes. After the full-time ended with the score of 0-0, both teams went into extra time to ensure that the game had a clear winner. Virgil van Dijk, who was denied a goal earlier, managed to net the ball in the 118th minute and the writing was on the wall. Apart from this, players from both teams tried their best to score for their side but to no avail. In the end, Liverpool managed to win the game.
With this, Jurgen Klopp‘s stint with the team has ended as he announced his separation after the season a while back.
