{"id":212370,"date":"2025-10-20T04:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212370\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T04:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:15:08","slug":"ex-pgmol-gives-verdict-on-mbeumo-goal-for-man-utd-after-mac-allister-head-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212370\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-PGMOL gives verdict on Mbeumo goal for Man Utd after Mac Allister head injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former FIFA referee and ex-PGMOL chief Keith Hackett has given his verdict on Bryan Mbeumo\u2019s controversial opener for Manchester United in their 2-1 victory over Liverpool, which \u201csurprised\u201d Jamie Carragher.<\/p>\n

Harry Maguire scored the late winner for United after Cody Gakpo had cancelled out Mbeumo\u2019s first-minute goal, which led several Liverpool players to confront referee Michael Oliver as Alexis Mac Allister lay on the ground clutching his head.<\/p>\n

Reds captain Virgil van Dijk had elbowed his teammate in the build-up to the goal, and the contention was that Oliver should have blown his whistle, as is the custom for head injuries.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Van Dijk, Salah and Isak all awful as Manchester United push Liverpool into crisis<\/a><\/p>\n

But Hackett believes the correct decision was made, with VAR unable to intervene if \u2013 as Oliver suggests was the case \u2013 the referee did not see the head injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree players challenged in a fair manner for the ball which bounced and put Man United on the attack. They went in to score a good goal,\u201d Hackett told Football Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt appeared that Referee Oliver had not seen the head injury and play was allowed to continue. Goal scored and correctly allowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cVAR cannot intervene on this it is not a clear and obvious error.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Carragher takes aim at Liverpool \u2018baby\u2019 as Neville \u2018stunned\u2019 by what Reds star did vs Man Utd \u2018boxer\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Offering up his thoughts on the incident, Carragher said on commentary: \u201cI have been frustrated that players have taken advantage of that rule. There was an incident in the Arsenal game yesterday near the dugout, and the referee pulled it back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very surprised Michael Oliver hasn\u2019t brought it back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gary Neville was left stunned by Van Dijk\u2019s role in the goal, saying on commentary: \u201cMac Allister goes down, but what stuns me is Van Dijk. Mbeumo runs off him; he can\u2019t see him. That is the big surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cMbeumo reacts like a boxer off the ground, and he is away. Mamardashvili can\u2019t keep it out, a stunning start for Manchester United. I can\u2019t work out if Van Dijk is trying to play him offside. He points towards Konate as if to say, \u2018That is your man.\u2019 It is a strange handover from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Analysing the goal on Sky Sports, Roy\u00a0Keane said: \u201cObviously the referee could stop it but I don\u2019t know why Virgil van Dijk is getting involved [with the header]. He then goes back in [to tackle Fernandes] so he is out of position. Liverpool is on the back foot but it is poor from Van Dijk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Redknapp added: \u201cIt is brilliant from United but Van Dijk makes a big mistake. He has to sprint back. Yes there is a collision but you have to get back into shape. He can\u2019t just pass it on to [Ibrahima] Konate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former FIFA referee and ex-PGMOL chief Keith Hackett has given his verdict on Bryan Mbeumo\u2019s controversial opener for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[842,218,448,708,349,50,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-212370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-bryan-mbeumo","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-liverpool","tag-manchester-united","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}