The Premier League came out today and admitted that Jurrien Timber’s shirt pull on Alexander Isak should have resulted in a penalty for Liverpool, with Arsenal going on to win that game 1-0.

A verdict was released by the Premier League’s Key Match Incidents panel on Wednesday morning. It should come as no surprise to Reds fans, who have time and again had to watch their team screwed over by VAR.

Liverpool’s track record with VAR and referees tells a different story

The penalty should have been awarded against Arsenal, but we really shouldn’t be surprised that it wasn’t.

Since VAR’s introduction in 2019, Liverpool have been awarded just two foul penalties courtesy of VAR. The last one was in 2022. Man City have been awarded six in the time since, while Arsenal, Man United and Chelsea have all had more as well.

But that’s not the only major discrepancy that debunks the argument.

Last season, only Leeds United were more negatively impacted by incorrect VAR and refereeing decisions. Liverpool had three wrong decisions go against them, and ZERO in their favour.

Stretching back to VAR’s introduction, Liverpool have been on the wrong end of some shocking calls, but none worse than Luis Díaz’s disallowed goal against Spurs in 23/24. A perfectly good goal at 0-0, with the Reds down to ten men, was chalked off, and PGMOL later admitted it was “a significant human error”. Liverpool lost 2-1.

And who can forget Martin Odegaard’s blatant handball being missed by VAR, also in 23/24.