Liverpool Virgil van Dijk may have handed Alisson Becker an advantage when Jarrod Bowen stepped up to take his penalty for West Ham.
With the score at 1-0 to the Reds, the Hammers were awarded a penalty on the stroke of half time after Joe Gomez brought down Bowen inside the area, leading VAR to intervene.
Before the ball was put on the spot, Van Dijk scuffed the penalty spot up in front of the Kop to try and interfere with Bowen's spot kick as Alisson dived to his right to keep Liverpool in the lead.
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Referee Stuart Atwell spotted Van Dijk standing on the penalty spot and proceeding to check any damage that may have been done, but nothing was found and Bowen missed the following spot kick.
Steve McManaman said on Amazon Prime Video at half-time: "A scuff or a step? I think he steps on it. He should’ve scored his penalty, he does stand on the penalty spot but he should’ve scored."
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