‘Absolute shambles’ - Jamie O’Hara slams VAR in Liverpool defeat to Tottenham
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie O’Hara has slammed VAR for their role in Liverpool’s controversial defeat.
In a game that will live long in the memory, mostly for negative reasons, Liverpool left north London with nothing to show for their commendable effort. Jurgen Klopp’s side battled admirably for more than 20 minutes with nine men after a disputed straight red for Curtis Jones in the first half and two yellow cards for Diogo Jota.
A heart-wrenching own goal from Joel Matip in the final minute of added time proved to be the winner for Spurs, following Cody Gakpo cancelling out Son Heung-min’s opener before the interval. However, the game could have easily looked completely different, if not for a glaring error by the officials.
After going down to 10 men, Jurgen Klopp’s side refused to allow their heads to drop. With the game still goalless, Luis Diaz got himself in behind Tottenham's backline and produced an inch-perfect finish to seemingly put Liverpool ahead but it was swiftly ruled out for offside by the assistant referee and VAR did not reverse the decision.
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Refereeing body PGMOL released a statement admitting that Diaz’s goal should have stood and that a "significant human error" had led VAR to not intervene. During the broadcast of the game, there were no lines drawn to indicate whether Diaz was offside or not. Despite the mistake benefitting his former side, O’Hara hit out at the officials on social media.
“Seriously though, I’ll take the three points all day but these refs are becoming an absolute shambles,” the pundit
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