Barcelona 5-1 Alaves Three goals were ruled out this season
Lionel Messi had a goal disallowed by VAR for the third time this season at LaLiga Santander during the first half of Barcelona’s 5-1 win over Alaves
The Argentinian then stopped the ball at home Antoine GriezmannThe first shot had been parried in his direction by Fernando Pacheco.
However, after VAR claimed so Griezmann was slightly offside during the move, the goal was disallowed and Messi had to wait.
According to user @MisterChip on Twitter, no one has rejected more goals by VAR than the Barcelona captain this season.
His number of three is rivaled by Munir El Haddadi in Seville and Raul de Tomas in Espanyol in LaLiga SmartBank.
In each case, Messi was not deterred by the VAR’s call against Alaves, who scored two valid goals before the evening was over.