Liverpool's clash with Brentford in the Premier League was at the centre of a VAR debate, after a sending off for the home side following a review for a red card incident

The red card incident surrounding Yehor Yarmolyuk has been at the centre of a debate among supporters, following the huge VAR call in Liverpool's clash with Brentford.

It followed a coming together between the 22-year-old midfielder and Reds ace Jeremy Jacquet, as the latter appeared to annoy his opposite number after tussling during a corner. Yarmolyuk then appeared to move his head towards the Liverpool defender in a headbutting motion, which was initially missed by the match referee, John Brooks, but was picked up by the VAR.

After a review, it was deemed to be violent conduct for the motion alone, putting Brentford at a man disadvantage just before the half-time break.

That red card decision ended up being a turning point in the match, with the home side leading 1-0 at that point through Keane Lewis-Potter's header.

After the break, Andoni Iraola's side fought back. Goals from Victor Munoz and Alexander Isak helped complete the turnaround in the second half, while a second red card in stoppage time, this time for Vitaly Janelt, seemingly sealed the Bees' fate.

While it was an important victory for Liverpool, after a mixed start to the season, it's a display that leaves Brentford with a feeling of what could've been, particularly if the first red card hadn't happened in such avoidable circumstances.

With that red card incident being in focus, new angles from the game have convinced some supporters that Ronald Araujo had instigated the headbutt incident by pushing into Yarmolyuk.

It's a theory that had comforted some fans elsewhere; however, wider angles showed that Araujo wasn't close to the midfielder at all, with the VAR accessing cameras behind the goal that showed there was no push from behind.

The angle that appeared to show contact from behind is the impact of foreshortening, with players in the background appearing closer to the incident than they really were.

It certainly shows that the referees made the right decision in terms of the incident in isolation, though there may still be some debates about whether the action itself was enough to warrant the red card.

Iraola certainly didn't appear certain on the call in his post-match press conference, when he said: "I think it's a hard one. I have to say it. I've seen it in the screen, in the play I looked, but I don't know. What do you think? I don't know. I'm not sure if it was or not."

Either way, it was a strike of fortune that perhaps his team needed to help get an important result, ahead of another busy week that involved Champions League action against Villarreal, before a huge clash with high-flying Brighton.