The Reds boss raged in his post-match press conference and insisted that it was “obvious” the “wrong decision” had been reached.
On Monday, Liverpool approached Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) chief Howard Webb to express ‘concerns’ about Van Dijk’s disallowed goal.
They informed the referees’ organisation that they don’t accept the decision to rule the goal out was made for subjective reasons.
Now, former Premier League official Foy has delivered his verdict.
Whilst he said he would have preferred if Van Dijk’s goal had stood, he didn’t believe there was a clear and obvious mistake. Foy told The Guardian: “There was one big incident that grabbed all the headlines and prompted conversation this weekend in the Premier League: the decision by the referee Chris Kavanagh to deny Liverpool an equalising goal in their high-stakes match against Manchester City. The decision is massively subjective, in my opinion, but not a clear and obvious error.
“Starting from the top; the ball is in the back of the net after Virgil van Dijk’s header from a corner, and the assistant referee, Stuart Burt, flags for offside. The offside player is Andy Robertson, who is in the goal area.
“When the ball is headed by Van Dijk, Robertson is standing almost in front of the goalkeeper. He then shifts to his left, shifts forward and, with the ball about to strike him, he ducks out of the way and the ball ends up in the net.
“The goal is disallowed on field, because the flag went up, but as we know when goals are scored they are automatically checked by VAR.
“To be in an offside position is not an offence in itself; it only matters when you become involved in active play. Robertson was penalised because he was deemed to have made an obvious action that impacted the ability of an opponent, in this case Gianluigi Donnarumma, to play the ball.
“You can’t say for sure whether or not Donnarumma would have got the ball and for the video assistant referee, Michael Oliver, to overturn the on-field call he has to have clear evidence that Donnarumma was not impacted. For a VAR intervention you need clear evidence to overturn a decision and there wasn’t any.”