'We have to see a change' - Liverpool legends divided after Jurgen Klopp Tottenham replay stance
Jurgen Klopp created big headlines on Wednesday after admitting he believes that Liverpool’s controversial defeat to Tottenham should be replayed.
The Reds, who finished the game with nine men, fell to late 2-1 defeat after a 96th minute own goal from Joel Matip. But the major talking point was the incorrect decision to disallow a first-half strike from Luis Diaz for offside after VAR failed to intervene.
The PGMOL would attribute the mistake to a ‘significant human error’, with VAR Darren England believing that the on-field decision had been to allow Diaz’s strike. Liverpool released an official statement on Sunday declaring their intention to ‘explore the range of options available, given the clear need for escalation and resolution,’ while the match officials’ audio has also been made public after the club made a formal request to receive it.
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While Klopp believes the game should be replayed, he reiterated that such a stance is only his opinion and the club have not made such an approach to the Premier League.
“We are still going through the information that we have,” the German said when asked if the club would formally request a replay.
Regardless of what happens next, Klopp’s comments have sent shockwaves through English football.
The mistake from the officials in Saturday’s loss in the capital was unprecedented, given the VAR had made the right decision at Stockley Park but failed to implement it. But, inevitably, a number of rival fans and clubs have since, albeit tongue-in-cheek, brought up their own previous grievances with officiating mistakes and
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