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Liverpool's complaint to referee chiefs over Virgil van Dijk's disallowed 'duck' goal is ridiculous and self-defeating - but this is how our big clubs act now, writes IAN LADYMAN

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One of the many negative side-effects of the ongoing use of VAR is that the concept of a referee’s decision being final is no more.

Remember that one? The referee makes a call, a few players wave their arms around, a manager moans on TV afterwards and then we all move on to the next game.

When viewed in the rear view mirror, that state of play everyone used to moan about now feels like some kind of nirvana. A gift left behind in another time.

Instead we now live in a football world where nothing is good enough and no complaint is too late or too loud.