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It’s easy to see how frustrated Tottenham fans would be if Son Heung-min’s early goal was ruled out.
It is another decision in which the attacking player is only a fraction offside, it is a very tight decision.
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Son was correctly ruled offside in accordance with the letter of the law because his heel is beyond the line of Trent Alexander-Arnold’s shirt.
But Son had his back to the goal, so was he really looking to get an advantage?
We understand that Pierluigi Collina, Arsene Wenger and Ifab legislators are looking to change the offside law so that if any part of your body is offside, it cannot be offside.
Referee Martin Atkinson made the right decision by ruling out a Mo Salah goal in the second half.
Roberto Firmino deliberately moved his arm towards the ball and the infraction occurred in an attack phase that led to a goal.
The ball hit Eric Dier’s arm just before it hit Firmino, but that was not a deliberate act.
Spurs coach José Mourinho had no complaints about Son’s disallowed goal.
But he was less happy with the defense on his side.
Firmino and Alexander-Arnold scored immediately before and after the break to put Liverpool 2-0 up.
And despite Pierre-Emile Højbjerg’s instant response, Sadio Mane sealed a 3-1 victory that put the champion in fourth place, two places ahead of Tottenham.
Mourinho told BT Sport: “It is very difficult to resist so many individual defensive errors, unless you score four goals against Liverpool.
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“The team was confident, playing well, Son Heung-min’s goal was obviously offside, then when the game was stable and we were very involved, the goal arrives which is a replica of the first opportunity they had.”
In contrast, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp told the same broadcaster: “I’m delighted, it was a great game.
“Super intensity as we predicted. We scored the goals at the right times, the right people scored the goals, so all good apart from his goal.”
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