Luka Milivojevic doesn't want VAR in the Premier League despite Crystal Palace's penalty woe against Liverpool
Michael Oliver's penalty award proved costly for the Eagles on Monday evening
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Your support makes all the difference.Luka Milivojevic believes Michael Oliver was wrong to award Liverpool a penalty against Crystal Palace but doesn't think VAR is the answer to refereeing inconsistencies in the game.
Palace had matched their title-chasing visitors for much of the first half until Mohamed Salah fell under a challenge from Mamadou Sakho just before the break.
Oliver awarded a penalty, converted by James Milner, sparking fury in the home crowd and from manager Roy Hodgson afterwards.
And midfielder Milivojevic agreed with his boss' take on the incident.
"In my opinion it was not a penalty. During the game that was my opinion and after the game when I saw the image, Mama tried to touch the ball, he did not touch the ball and in my opinion he did not touch the man," he said.
"He fell down and for the referee it was a penalty. I did not see the contact on Salah. For me, it was clear, it was not a penalty.
"That is my opinion, the referee has his opinion. This is one of the best referees in the country, they are human beings. From my point of view it was not, from his point of view it was. That is football.
"This is not the first mistake in football. We were angry in the first minute but in football you do not have time to cry, we carried on, we tried in the second half. We had some good chances. OK we lost but we have to be proud."
Despite Oliver's decision ultimately costing his side Milivojevic stopped short of calling for more assistance for the men in the middle.
"I do not want VAR in this league. In my opinion in this country you have the best referees in the world," he added. "That is my opinion and I do not think VAR will help. They are human beings, and they make mistakes sometimes.
"In his opinion he [the referee] did the right thing. As players, we have to respect the referee. We are not a team who will cry over that penalty, we just carry on."
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