Howard Webb gives Liverpool VAR explanation for Benjamin Sesko 'handball' goal in Man Utd defeat

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Liverpool suffered a 3-2 loss to Manchester United last week, with Howard Webb since speaking about a particularly controversial goalHoward Webb has explained that VAR's decision not to rule out Benjamin Sesko's 'handball' goal against Liverpool came down to a lack of certainty. However, Webb has since clarified that VAR were right to allow the goal to stand, given the uncertainty surrounding whether an offence was at play.Speaking on Match Officials Mic'd Up, the 54-year-old explained: "I think the clip kind of speaks for itself, doesn't it, really?

They need to be absolutely certain that it does."And it doesn't matter what we think, does it? It matters what they think.

It's all very natural."But, of course, the Laws of the Game require any goal that comes off the hand immediately, or where the player scores immediately after hitting the arm, then it has to be disallowed, and that means the VAR has no option but to start looking for that."Sometimes it looks like they're being a bit too forensic, and you hear, in this situation, the VAR looking from various angles. They want to get it right."If it does conclusively come off the arm, but they don't get to that level of certainty, they probably think it probably does as well, but they need to be absolutely categorical to get involved, and they weren't able to find it, and hence the reason that the on-field decision stood."