'The ramifications of that mistake' - Alan Sugar weighs in on Liverpool and Tottenham VAR blunder
Former Tottenham Hotspur chairman Alan Sugar has leapt to the defence of Liverpool after a VAR blunder saw them fall to their first Premier League defeat of the season at Tottenham on Saturday - insisting the "ramifications could cost" the Reds come May.
Luis Diaz thought he had fired Liverpool ahead in the 34th minute of the 2-1 defeat, at which point the game was goalless, when he dispatched Mohamed Salah's passes past Guglielmo Vicario. However, it was swiftly ruled out by Video Assistant Referee officials at Stockley Park, Darren England and Dan Cook, which was later described by PGMOL as a "significant human error".
On Sunday, after England and Cook had been dropped from VAR duties for the Premier League's Sunday and Monday fixtures, Liverpool released a statement acknowledging the mistake by officials Simon Hooper, England and Cook but called for a review with "full transparency".
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Now, Sugar, who was one of the founding chairmans of the Premier League era in 1992, has put his loyalties to Tottenham aside and said that Liverpool have a "very good case to argue".
Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, Sugar said: "Spurs v Liverpool: As a Spurs fan, I have to say that Liverpool have a very good case to argue.
"Clearly their goal should have been allowed. The ramifications of that mistake could cost Liverpool at the end of the season."
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