Liverpool are about to confirm exciting plan after Alexis Mac Allister change
For Liverpool, it could easily be considered a second significant victory of the season.
The successful appeal against Alexis Mac Allister's controversial red card following a challenge with Ryan Christie in the 3-1 Anfield win over Bournemouth on Saturday was the first time the Reds had a dismissal overturned in almost 20 years.
That was El Hadji Diouf's sending-off in the 1-0 win at Chelsea way back in January 2004, with Dietmar Hamann (2000), Steve Staunton (1999) and Ian Rush (1986) the only other Liverpool players in the last 50 years to have had a suspension quashed following a red card.
The decision to dismiss Mac Allister was greeted with disbelief by not only Liverpool players, staff and supporters, but also the vast majority of neutrals who viewed replays of the incident. Nevertheless, VAR Paul Tierney and his assistant Constantine Hatzidakis saw no reason to refer referee Thomas Bramall to the pitchside monitor to review his decision.
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There was a suggestion the VAR officials didn't want to undermine the authority of Bramall, who was taking charge of only his ninth Premier League game and his first involving Liverpool in any competition. However, the Reds' previous tetchy history with both Tierney and Hatzidakis added an extra layer of intrigue.
Now, rather than facing a three-match suspension that would have seen him out of action for Liverpool for more than a month due to the international break, Mac Allister is preparing for the testing trip to Newcastle United on Sunday.
And with Wataru Endo having last week been recruited as a proven
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