‘Makes me wonder’ - Linda Pizzuti reacts to decisions in Liverpool defeat

Linda Pizzuti has given her verdict on Liverpool’s controversial defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

Pizzuti, the wife of Liverpool and Fenway Sports Group principal owner John Henry, would have been disappointed to see the club’s unbeaten start to the season come to an end. In a cruel late blow, it was Joel Matip’s own goal in the final minute of the game that handed Spurs the 2-1 win.

However, the match should have played out much differently. Despite going down to 10 men after Curtis Jones was shown a debatable red card, Luis Diaz looked to have opened the scoring after getting the better of Pedro Porro and slotting the ball beyond Guglielmo Vicario in the Spurs goal.

A flag was raised for offside after the ball went in and the decision was not reversed by VAR. A subsequent statement by PGMOL revealed that the goal should have stood and was not overturned due to a ‘significant human error'.

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Shortly afterwards, Spurs skipper Son Heung-min put the home side in front before Cody Gakpo put the Reds back on level terms. There were more challenges on the way for Liverpool, too, as Diogo Jota was shown two yellow cards in the second half to leave Jurgen Klopp’s side fighting to keep hold of a 1-1 draw for more than 20 minutes.

Posting on Instagram after Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the season, Pizzuti wrote, in a post which now appears to have been deleted: "Two red cards makes me wonder again if I just don't understand red cards. A disallowed beautiful goal. And yet Liverpool fought brilliantly to the very end, with just nine, when a last second goal