Paris Saint-Germain was awarded a penalty in the second half of its Champions League game against Liverpool but the decision was overturned following a VAR review
21:51, 08 Apr 2026Updated 22:09, 08 Apr 2026
Ibrahima Konate thought he had conceded a penalty(Image: 2026 Chris Brunskill/Fantasista)
UEFA has explained why the decision to award Paris Saint-Germain a penalty against Liverpool at the Parc des Princes was overturned.
With Liverpool trailing 2-0, it looked as though the game was about to go from bad to worse when the referee pointed to the spot after Warren Zaire-Emery went down in the box under a challenge from Ibrahima Konate.
However, the on-field referee was advised to review the incident on the pitchside monitor and ended up changing his decision.
The decision to overturn the original call was explained on the Uefa website. It said: "Penalty cancelled - no foul. Liverpool player, No5, challenged the ball in a fair manner without committing a foul on the opponent."
There was another check a few minutes later when Konate appeared to shove Nuno Mendes in the box, but the decision not to award a penalty was upheld.
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The commentators who were working for the UK's rights-holder, TNT Sports, both said that the second incident was more deserving of a penalty being given than the first one.
Both decisions were quite surprising considering referees in Europe are generally viewed to have a lower threshold for awarding penalties than referees in the Premier League.