Jurgen Klopp delivers ultimate Liverpool contradiction with latest VAR rant on Tottenham defeat

Jurgen Klopp is certainly not ready to move past the VAR controversy that affected Liverpool in their 2-1 Premier League defeat to Tottenham this past Saturday. Understandably so, Klopp feels as though his team were cost points as a direct result of several significant VAR errors at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but his latest claim is truly baffling.

Firstly, let's admit, as strong as the outcry was at the time that Curtis Jones should not have been sent off for his challenge on Yves Bissouma, it absolutely was a sending off and that has been further proven by Liverpool's review to have his three-game ban rescinded being rejected. The Diogo Jota red card is perhaps more debateable but that was out of VAR's hands and at the time Simon Hooper felt as though the Portugal international had committed two fouls worthy of a card.

Onto *that* Luis Diaz goal, and yes it is absolutely right that it should have counted and the recent release of the VAR audio from that review proves a clear and obvious wrong decision was made. While certain errors that affect results in other Premier League games can be subjective, this was objectively wrong.

However, calls for a replay to be held are truly baffling. «As far as I can remember, something like that never happened, that's why I think a replay should be played,» said Klopp in his latest verdict on the incident. «They didn't do it on purpose and we shouldn't forget that. Yes, it was a mistake. An obvious mistake. I think there would have been solutions. I think the outcome should be a replay. Probably won't happen.»

Despite his plea, Klopp's final words make sense because there are so many mitigating factors — do we just simply forget that Jones was not on the pitch when Diaz scored?