Liverpool just proved point that goes beyond VAR, bad decisions and unlucky own goal
Lucky 'LiVARpool’. Jurgen Klopp’s side have repeatedly been labelled with such a tag by opposing fans in recent years, with such a phrase often trending on social media as a result.
With all football fans in possession of their own tinted glasses, the validity of such accusations as anything more than tongue-in-cheek will vary from game to game. There is no conspiracy against certain sides, with all clubs falling on the wrong side of human error at one time or another.
But you can certainly not accuse the Reds of being ‘LiVARpool’ this season, as they were left scratching their heads on more than one occasion against Tottenham Hotspur.
Curtis Jones was sent off in the 26th minute against Spurs for going over the ball and down on Yves Bissouma’s ankle, after referee Simon Hooper had been sent to the monitor to check the decision by VAR.
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Still images and a slow motion replay of the tackle would confirm contact as Hooper upgraded the initial caution he had shown the midfielder. Yet Jones had clearly gone through the ball first, with Bissouma’s own movement prompting the second contact.
Jones and Liverpool will understandably feel aggrieved, with it feeling inevitable that he would be dismissed as soon as Hooper went over to the monitor. No explanation from the PGMOL will change that hard done by sensation.
But while the Reds will know that is a harsh decision that they will just have to stomach, worse was to follow moments later as Luis Diaz struck past Guglielmo Vicario.
Running onto Mohamed Salah’s through-ball, the Colombian calmly slotted across goal into
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