Man United 3-2 Liverpool: Arne Slot reacts to Benjamin Sesko handball controversy as VAR decision defended

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has claimed that it is "no surprise" that Benjamin Sesko's arguable extremity for Manchester United was allowed to basal successful Sunday's 3-2 Premier League defeat.

The Reds missed the accidental to seal Champions League qualification astatine Old Trafford, wherever Michael Carrick's men alternatively confirmed a top-five decorativeness astatine the disbursal of their bitter rivals.

Matheus Cunha and Sesko launched the Red Devils into an aboriginal 2-0 lead, but mistakes from Man United allowed Liverpool to gully level successful the 2nd fractional done Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo.

However, Man United - and much specifically Kobbie Mainoo - had the last say, arsenic the Carrington academy postgraduate recovered the bottommost country with a slick side-footed decorativeness to circular disconnected the scoring.

Man Utd's 2nd extremity was shrouded successful controversy, though, arsenic replays suggested that the shot whitethorn person conscionable brushed Sesko's fingers earlier beryllium bundled implicit the line, though the VAR country deemed that the footage was inconclusive.

Arne Slot reacts to arguable Benjamin Sesko extremity successful Man Utd defeat

Sesko's onslaught surely did not conscionable the threshold for a 'clear and obvious' error, though by law, the extremity should person been disallowed if determination was immoderate hint that the Slovenian's manus was involved.

Reacting to Sesko's extremity successful his post-game property conference, Slot expressed his presumption that the guardant did grip the shot and highlighted the extremity arsenic different illustration of a captious determination going against his team.

"I deliberation it's a interaction (on his hand). The curve connected the shot changed truthful determination indispensable person been a contact," Slot said. "But it's nary astonishment to anyone that if determination is simply a VAR involution past the determination goes against us.

"It's happened to america each season. But we besides person to look astatine ourselves due to the fact that we mislaid duels and should person defended better."

Should Benjamin Sesko extremity person been disallowed?

Even aft 50 oregon 100 reviews of the handball incident, it would instrumentality a brave psyche to confidently accidental whether Sesko's fingertips had decidedly grazed the shot oregon not.

Slot's assertion that the curve connected the shot changed is not wholly inaccurate, but that marginal 'curve' is not thing that adjacent the astir highly-regarded authoritative could person spotted successful existent time.

A reminder that VAR is lone expected to overturn a determination successful the lawsuit of a 'clear and obvious' error, and if an incidental needs to beryllium slowed down and watched again aggregate times, it is not wide and obvious.

Liverpool tin inactive consciousness aggrieved, though, fixed the magnitude of non-clear and evident decisions that are reversed by the exertion - the Eberechi Eze punishment vs. Atletico Madrid the astir caller example.

However, Slot was besides close successful saying that his side's defending was not up to scratch, and determination is inactive enactment to bash for Liverpool to decorativeness successful the apical 5 of the Premier League table.