Wolves told FA Cup winner at Liverpool denied due to cameraman

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15 Jan 2023 • 6:51 PM MYT
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Officials are blaming a cameraman for Wolves failing to beat Liverpool in last week's FA Cup clash at Anfield.

Wolves were incensed when VAR Mike Dean was unable to review Toti's late goal in the 2-2 draw at Anfield last week because Matheus Nunes was not picked up by any of the ITV cameras used for VAR.

Furious head coach Julen Lopetegui held a 90-minute meeting with new referees chief Howard Webb to discuss the decisions. Referees' body PGMOL and the broadcasters insist there were enough cameras to avoid the blind spot that occurred when Nunes received the ball back after taking a corner and claim many of those used by Sky at Premier League games are not used by VAR, such as dug-out cameras.

Footage released after the game appeared to show Nunes was not offside, including an overhead tactical camera which was not calibrated for VAR offside lines.

The Daily Mail says there is frustration among officials that they and VAR bore the brunt of criticism, with the Wolves Trust only just stopping short of accusing officials of corruption on social media.

Officials say the cameraman focused on the 18-yard line zoomed in too far and created the blind spot near the corner flag.

ITV sources insisted it was common practice for match directors to request that the 18-yard camera zoom in at corners to capture any infringements in the penalty area, such as shirt pulling.

They argue such incidents occur more frequently than the sort of goal that was disallowed.