Gerrard calls Liverpool VAR decision "an absolute embarrassment"

The Overlap Daily discussion asks why players should have to exaggerate contact when replay cameras can show the foul.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 155,454 views a day, 7 times a normal first day on this channel (22,119).

"An absolute embarrassment!" 😱

Steven Gerrard wants the shirt pull judged, not the way the player falls. Discussing Liverpool's unawarded penalty against Arsenal with Becky Ives, he argues that VAR should spot the offence without needing an exaggerated reaction.

The Overlap Daily Short has reached about 124,000 views in 15 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for the format. Its comment section is also several times busier than a typical first day.

Gerrard describes how the incident was initially difficult to judge from inside the ground. Seeing the replay changed that. His criticism centres on the difference between a spectator's limited view and the multiple angles available to the video official.

"How you miss that in the VAR seat is an absolute embarrassment," he says.

Ives then raises the question behind the decision: why should a player need to make more of contact when cameras are there to catch it? Gerrard sees a contradiction. Players face criticism for exaggerating, yet staying upright can leave them without a decision he believes they deserve.

The Short is an excerpt from the sponsored Overlap Daily programme featuring Gerrard and Ives. In the comments, viewers return to that same dilemma, contrasting the expectation that players demonstrate contact with complaints about simulation. Others suggest giving teams a way to request a review, as in tennis.

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As an Arsenal supporter I'd be furious if the shoe was on the other foot
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Teams need to be able to do the same as tennis. Ask for an intervention.
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Mental gary neville can see it as it happened but var dosent
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