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Virgil van Dijk gets away with it for once! This article explains why VAR didn’t give Chelsea a penalty against Liverpool even though the Reds’ captain seemed to trip Conor Gallagher.

Ahead of Jurgen Klopp’s first home league game since his shocking departure, the Reds dominated the first half. However, Chelsea had the best chance to score when Raheem Sterling set up Gallagher. Van Dijk tackled the Blues midfielder and the player went down, but Paul Tierney did not call for a penalty and the video review officer did not change the decision either.

WHAT IT MEANS
Gallagher lost the ball when his right knee seemed to hit Van Dijk’s right knee. But the Chelsea player was already falling a little before the Dutch player hit him, so referee Tierney didn’t think it was enough contact to give the penalty. John Brooks did not think the decision was wrong enough for VAR to step in, so Tierney’s original ruling stood.

THE LARGER PICTURE
It was Mauricio Pochettino’s team’s first real chance to score. They had been having a tough time at a loud Anfield since the very beginning. Liverpool’s energetic centre dominated Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, and Ben Chilwell was careless with the ball a lot of the time. The home team’s pressure paid off in the 23rd minute, when Diogo Jota broke the tie. The Portuguese player grabbed Conor Bradley’s pass, ran between Chelsea’s lacklustre centre backs, and slotted the ball past Djordje Petrovic.

After that, Bradley scored his first goal for Liverpool with a beautiful finish, putting Klopp’s team in charge before halftime.