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Diogo Jota scores Liverpool's winner against Everton at Anfield earlier this month(Image: Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

The audio has been released of the match officials discussing Diogo Jota's controversial goal for Liverpool in the Merseyside derby against Everton.

Earlier in the game, Liverpool felt Everton captain James Tarkowski should've saw red for a challenge on Alexis Mac Allister.

After the game, Blues boss David Moyes was also aggrieved at what he believed was an offside in the build-up to Jota's goal.



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Luis Diaz was stood in an offside position earlier in the move and Ryan Gravenberch tried to play the ball through to him, forcing Tarkowski to react.

The ball deflected off the Everton defender and was retrieved by Liverpool, who moved forward and scored through Jota.

Speaking on the Mic'd Up programme about the incident, Webb suggested the decision was right as Diaz was not doing enough to interfere with play.

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"This all comes down to the point that just being in an offside position, which Luis Diaz is, is not in itself sufficient to be penalised," he said.

"It's all about what you do whilst in that position and you have to do one of the things here [listed in the video], to be penalised for offside interfering with an opponent.

We don't see Luis Diaz do any of these things whilst in the offside position, he just stands there.

"Now you can feel a little bit sorry for Tarkowski here because he stretches out to stop the ball going through to Luis Diaz, but that ship sails some time ago, whereby if you're just in that offside position and don't do anything behind a defender you won't be penalised.

"And that's what we see in this situation here.

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Michael Owen, who joins Webb to analyse the decisions, asked the former referee if Diaz was close to committing any of the offences that would have led to the goal being ruled out.

"That would normally be a case where you are in physical contact with an opponent, you come from an offside position to do that and then that will be challenging," said Webb.

"That's why you're hearing in this situation, the VAR asking for an angle to see if there is physical contact between the players and if there was, then Luis Diaz would have been penalised.

But there isn't."

After the match, Moyes described the goal as a "clear offside" and suggested the officials had made an error.

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"It's quite easy to read as well, it's not even a difficult one, if you ask me," he added.
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