(Images) VAR does it job in coming to Liverpool’s rescue as Everton denied early penalty

VAR is the scourge of many football fans’ lives in England, but the first few minutes of tonight’s Merseyside derby illustrate why it was brought in.

Everton thought they had a penalty in the sixth minute when Alisson Becker fouled Dominic Calvert-Lewin inside the Liverpool box and was duly shown a yellow card, but the call was referred to Stockley Park due to an offside in the build-up.

The subsequent review, which took considerably more than 60 seconds, showed that the decision was...