Ekkie Thump
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If he had the ability to play the ball were Phillips not there I'd agree, but in my view he wasn't in such a position. If he had zero ability to play the ball with or without Phillips then Phillips had no material impact on his ability to play the ball. I mean, Phillips 'could have' interfered with his ability to play the ball were Alisson in a position to do so, but he wasn't, so Phillips couldn't.Tweet
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Key point here is that the refs and VAR don't have to decide whether it did interfere with his ability to play the ball. Just whether it could have.