Liverpool still fuming over VAR chaos in Merseyside derby, Barca battle to keep rising star
In this week's Insider Notebook, Liverpool's row with VAR shows no sign of ending, Wayne Rooney is unlikely Derby manager job just yet and Barcelona are fighting to keep one of their rising stars. Jump to: Barca's battle to keep rising star | United to reject Dalot move | Rooney not the boss for now | Concussion substitutes are coming | Atletico fuming after Suarez COVID blow | Premier League clubs' fears over squads | England's World Cup hopes fade Liverpool demand answers over VAR A month has passed since Liverpool's controversial 2-2 draw at Everton and the Premier League champions maintain they have not received sufficient answers to questions put to the authorities following a string of contentious decisions at Goodison Park on Oct. 17, sources told ESPN. - How every club is being affected by VAR - VAR's biggest controversies of the season - How VAR has changed for 2020-21 David Coote was the VAR at the centre of key calls that prompted Liverpool to take action, with the club "concerned and confused," according to sources. And Coote was originally down to oversee their clash with Leicester this weekend before he was taken off the match in a move former Manchester United captain Gary Neville dubbed "strange." The 2-2 draw saw Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford escape punishment for a challenge on Virgil van Dijk which left the centre-half with a cruciate knee ligament injury that could force the Netherlands international to miss the remainder of the season. The game also ended with captain Jordan Henderson having a stoppage-time goal disallowed after Sadio Mane was judged to be in an offside position by VAR.
