Arne Slot not happy with arbitration for rejected Virgil van Dijk goal: ‘Clearly a wrong decision’

The manager was not happy with the referee’s decision to disallow Virgil van Dijk’s goal when it was only 1-0. “This is clearly a wrong decision,” Slot grumbled. Sky Sports. “Andrew Robertson did not get in Gianluigi Donnarumma’s way at all. Immediately after the match, someone showed me an earlier goal by Manchester City against Wolverhampton Wanderers that this referee had approved.”

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“It took no less than thirteen seconds before the linesman raised his flag for offside. So there was clear communication within the arbitration. Anyway… That moment could have helped us in the match,” said Slot.

Van Dijk himself did not want to say too much about it. “Because during the international match it is always about my opinion about that disallowed goal. The people in the media are allowed to discuss whether the goal was valid. The reality is that we lost 3-0 and that is a big blow.”

Manchester City size too big

Slot also acknowledged that Pep Guardiola’s team was a size too big on Sunday. “We struggled in the first half. Apart from that disallowed goal, I never had the feeling that this was going to be our game. They were better and we have to improve. But I already knew that before this game.”