Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai attempted a shot on goal in the 30th minute, which was blocked by Real Madrid's Aurelien Tchouameni.

Referee Istvan Kovacs gave a free-kick against the Real Madrid player for handball, an offence which appeared really close to being inside the area.

It was checked by the VAR, Bastian Dankert, and when the referee jogged over to the pitchside monitor Liverpool fans inside Anfield cheered, expecting that a penalty was about to be awarded.

Except that's not what was happening.

A factual decision, the position where the handball happened, would only be made by the VAR, not the referee.

A referee is only sent to the monitor to judge a subjective decision, in this case handball. So by going to the screen, the referee was overturning his decision to give the handball.

But how did we get from a free-kick to Liverpool to restarting with a dropped ball for goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois?

Because the handball factually took place inside the box, it's a penalty. And a penalty is reviewable by the VAR.

If the handball had been confirmed as outside the area, the free-kick would have...