It could have been very different for arne slot's liverpool against paris st-germain on tuesday night.
Trailing 2-0 from the first leg, the reds were given a 64th-minute spot-kick which might have transformed the tie.
Then the video assistant referee (var) stepped in to tell referee maurizio mariani he had made a mistake.
For slot, it was the story of his season.
The dutchman feels his team have conceded penalties in similar circumstances, with little contact but no var intervention.
Five minutes after play restarted, ousmane dembele scored and psg went on to win 2-0 on the night, and 4-0 on aggregate.
"i'm not surprised," slot said. "so many decisions have gone against us this season.
"it's quite simple. if the referee doesn't give a penalty the var would have never overturned it.
"i've seen so many soft penalties given, but people say var can't interfere because there is contact. that is what we clearly see."
Is slot right to feel hard done by?