Liverpool demands consequences after VAR glitch against Tottenham

Association apologized

After the serious breakdown of the video evidence in the 1:2 against Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool FC is examining the chances of an objection against the game score. Coach Jürgen Klopp’s club is examining “the available options,” the Reds said. In the serious VAR mistake, the rules were not applied correctly and this led to a distortion of competition, the Premier League club argued.

During the game in London, a goal by Liverpool’s Luis Díaz (26) in the 34th minute was wrongly disallowed for offside. The responsible referee association then admitted that this had been a “significant human error”. The video referee thought that the referee on the pitch had deemed the goal valid and therefore did not intervene. The referees in the stadium saw their actual offside decision confirmed. The scene fueled the debate about VAR in English football. The affected video referees have been withdrawn from further assignments for the time being.

Classifying the breakdown as human error was “unacceptable,” emphasized Liverpool FC. There must be an investigation into the events “with full transparency”. This is of great importance for the future decision-making process, which affects all clubs. “Lessons must be learned to improve operations to ensure that situations like this can never happen again,” the statement said.

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Sir Alex Ferguson – Manchester United – 11 awards

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Sir Kenny Dalglish – Blackburn Rovers – 1 award

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1995

Arsène Wenger – Arsenal FC – 3 awards

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George Burley – Ipswich Town – 1 award

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2001

Jose Mourinho – Chelsea FC – 3 awards

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2005, 2006, 2015

Harry Redknapp – Tottenham Hotspur – 1 award

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Alan Pardew – Newcastle United – 1 award

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Tony Pulis – Crystal Palace – 1 award

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Claudio Ranieri – Leicester City – 1 award

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Antonio Conte – Chelsea FC – 1 award

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Pep Guardiola – Manchester City – 3 awards

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Jürgen Klopp – Liverpool FC – 2 awards

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2020, 2022

Immediately after the game, coach Klopp was furious that it had been the “most unfair circumstances and craziest decisions”. In addition to the incorrectly disallowed goal, his team also received two dismissals for Diogo Jota (26) and Curtis Jones (22). However, the game was only lost in the 96th minute when former Schalke player Joel Matip scored an own goal.

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