Jurgen Klopp convinced of Liverpool wrong decision amid calls for a replay

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has reiterated his opposition to freeze frames and slow-motion footage being used to determine red-card offences after Curtis Jones had his three-match ban upheld.

The Reds had their appeal rejected on Tuesday evening against the dismissal of the midfielder during the first half of Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League defeat at Tottenhamn Hotspur.

Jones was initially awarded a yellow card for a challenge on Yves Bissouma only for referee Simon Hooper to upgrade it to a red when implored to consult his pitchside monitor by VAR Darren England.

Klopp has already called for the game to replayed after the VAR miscommunication that saw a valid goal from Luis Diaz chalked off despite the offside check indicating for it to be allowed.

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And with Jones now out of Premier League action until November, the Liverpool boss is convinced another wrong decision has been made.

“We talk about the process of VAR and how they talk to each other, but in this game there was another situation where Curtis Jones got a red card and I stick to the opinion it was not a red card,” said Klopp.

“The referee got called to the screen and saw for the first three seconds a frozen picture. I would have given immediately a red card for that picture. Then he sees the replay in slow motion and I’d have given a red card for the slow motion.

“But it’s not a red card. Then you go for it (the appeal), the FA panel say it’s not a clear and obvious mistake, but I think it is. The ref’s first decision is yellow. Then the clear and obvious mistake is showing a frozen