Tottenham fans panic after alert from club's app about Liverpool fixture change

Tottenham fans endured a heart-in-mouth moment when their phones pinged on Thursday afternoon.

A notification from the club's official app read: 'Our home league clash with Liverpool has been rescheduled.'

It had more than a few worried Spurs had acquiesced to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's request that last Saturday's controversial encounter should be replayed.

Luis Diaz saw a perfectly legitimate goal disallowed for offside following a colossal mistake by the Video Assistant Referees.

Amid a storm of controversy, Klopp suggested the fairest solution was to play the match, which Liverpool lost 2-1, in its entirety again.

That seemed like wishful thinking but plenty believed they'd been a dramatic development in the saga when the push notification dropped on Thursday.

But further investigation revealed the alert referred to a new date for the Women's Super League fixture between the same two clubs.

The Spurs vs Liverpool WSL game at Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road ground on Sunday November 12 has been selected for live coverage on BBC Two, meaning it will kick off at 12.30pm.

'I fell off my chair,' admitted one Spurs fan, while another tweeted 'heart was in my mouth' and another 'that gave me a mild heart attack.'

'They knew EXACTLY what they were doing when wording that push notification lol,' said another.

Darren England was the VAR official responsible for the mistake during Saturday night's Premier League game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

He has been slammed for his 'critical concentration lapse' and prioritising 'efficiency over accuracy' in a hard-hitting report by Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the referees' body.

They said he rushed a routine situation and 'inexplicably' chalked off Diaz's goal