'And the Oscar goes to' - Pep Guardiola sends Liverpool message after weighing in on VAR controversy

Man City boss Pep Guardiola has shared his sympathy with Liverpool after the Reds had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside in their loss to Tottenham on Saturday.

Finishing the game with nine men in an encounter littered with controversial officiating decisions, Luis Diaz thought he had opened the scoring in the first half only for it to be disallowed by the on-field officials. VAR did not intervene, thinking a goal had been awarded, with the PGMOL later admitting a 'significant human error' had been made.

Since Saturday, Liverpool have released an explosive statement demanding transparency and change, and received the match officials' audio from their loss to Tottenham following an official request to PGMOL.

But as the fallout from Saturday's game continues, Guardiola has weighed in on the debate after being asked for his thoughts on VAR ahead of Man City's Champions League clash with RB Leipzig.

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"It changed the job of the referees because now they don’t make the decisions, it goes to the VAR," he told reporters. "I understand the feeling of Liverpool but the bosses of the referees will decide.

"No (I don't have any ideas how to improve it). I’m not a professional in that to apply it as best as possible. I’m not involved in that and I don’t care.

"We have to rely on the people there. Everyone knows they did a mistake and Liverpool suffered a big consequence of that cause in these games is super important.

"They will have to find a system where the main roles are the players and the game itself. In all the countries, not just here. The