{"id":290779,"date":"2023-10-02T21:30:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290779"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:30:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:30:33","slug":"your-reactions-to-liverpools-unprecedented-statement-to-pgmol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/your-reactions-to-liverpools-unprecedented-statement-to-pgmol\/","title":{"rendered":"YOUR REACTIONS to Liverpool's unprecedented statement to PGMOL"},"content":{"rendered":"
Football fans have backed Liverpool after they made the unprecedented move of releasing a statement that accused the PGMOL of undermining sporting integrity following VAR’s almighty blunder their 2-1 defeat by Tottenham.<\/p>\n
The Anfield club are enraged about Luis Diaz’s goal being cancelled out in the first half of Saturday’s agonising 2-1 defeat at in north London\u00a0and are\u00a0demanding ‘escalation and resolution’ over the huge blunder.<\/p>\n
The moment in question occurred in the first half when Liverpool had taken a 1-0 lead after Curtis Jones’ red card, with Luis Diaz seemingly scoring on the break.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, the Colombian’s opener was scrubbed off for offside, although VAR images clearly show that he was being played onside by Cristian Romero – something that the PGMOL later apologised for in an admission of fault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In response, Liverpool issued a statement of their own, calling for ‘escalation and resolution’\u00a0to the failure to spot the correct decision, as well as claiming that sporting integrity had been ‘undermined’ by the decision.<\/p>\n
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Football fans have stood with Liverpool after their unprecedented statement to the PGMOL<\/p>\n
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Luis Diaz was denied an opener in north London, before nine-men Liverpool fell to a 2-1 defeat<\/p>\n
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Replays showed that the decision by the linesman was the wrong one, with PGMOL coming out after the match to issue a statement<\/p>\n
While Manchester United legend Gary Neville disagreed with Liverpool’s reaction to the PGMOL, branding the Reds’ statement as ‘vague and aggressive’, many fans disagree and have backed the club’s decision to seek justice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, man fans have claimed that Liverpool making a stand is good for the future of football, while asking other fans to set aside their personal bias and stand with Jurgen Klopp’s side.<\/p>\n
Many our readers have become infuriated with the decisions VAR assistants have made in recent weeks, describing them as a ‘mockery’. One Man City fan insisted he is standing with Liverpool on this issue as he is ‘sick to death’ of VAR.<\/p>\n
One reader pointed out how three officials came to the wrong conclusion and has urged that the game should be replayed as a result.<\/p>\n
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One fan called for the game to be replayed following the blunder from VAR officials<\/p>\n
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Another struggled to break down the comedy of errors that led to Diaz’s goal being ruled out<\/p>\n
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Should Tottenham vs Liverpool be REPLAYED after VAR farce? <\/p>\n
Should Tottenham vs Liverpool be REPLAYED after VAR farce? <\/p>\n
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Another fumed that the incident in question needs further investigation after a number of blunder led to Diaz’s goal being ruled out.<\/p>\n
They wrote: ‘How can a qualified VAR referee mistake an on field offside decision to be goal good and so not intervene? Was he not watching the game?!? Where was the communication with the on field referee?\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Surely the VAR referee should have then identified his negligent mistake & immediately rectified it when he saw Spurs setting up for a free kick rather than a restart from the centre spot. Again was he not watching the game?!? So bad it needs further investigation.’<\/p>\n
Another claimed that VAR should be ‘abolished’ after yet another apology was rolled out this weekend.<\/p>\n
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Fans slammed the use of VAR and called the decision to rule out Diaz’s goal as ‘farcical’<\/p>\n
‘Why didn’t the prat tell the referee immediately after the error that the goal should stand? It’s farcical at best. Heads should roll and VAR should be abolished,’ they wrote.<\/p>\n
Diaz’s strike came as the visitors were reduced to 10 men after a Jones challenge caught Yves Bissouma high above his boot, with the game in the balance.<\/p>\n
Spurs captain Son Heung-min then got the hosts in front on 36 minutes after a fine move involving James Maddison and Richarlison, before Cody Gakpo restored parity on the stroke of half-time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The game had been played at a frantic rate, before Diogo Jota joined Jones in leaving the field, seeing red after two bookings in the 69th minute, leaving Tottenham with a two-man advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The hosts finally made the all-important breakthrough to make their numbers tell, although it was an own goal from Joel Matip in the 96th minute that ultimately handed them all three points.<\/p>\n
Including both of Jota’s cautions, the game saw 11 yellows during the game, which saw a number of contentious VAR calls made.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As expected, Klopp was quizzed on both the PGMOL statement and his views on the offside call, but claimed that the apology does not help his side’s situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Does that help? No. We had that situation at the Man United game (against Wolves last month) \u2013 did they get points for that? No. We will not get points for it today so it doesn’t help.<\/p>\n
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The disallowed strike came just three minutes before Son Heung-min’s opener for Spurs<\/p>\n
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Liverpool ended the game with nine men as Diogo Jota joined Curtis Jones in being sent off<\/p>\n
‘Nobody expects 100 per cent right decisions on field. I think we all thought when VAR came in, it might make things easier. I don’t know why people are acting under that much pressure. Today the decision was made really quickly for the goal. It changed the momentum of the game.’<\/p>\n
‘In the first moment I saw it, it’s clearly not offside but then it’s (given) offside, so I try to think they must have a better view. But at half-time we knew. With normal pictures, it’s easy to see now. But I’m pretty sure whoever made that decision, didn’t do it on purpose.’<\/p>\n
It was later revealed that the game’s VAR officials Darren England and Dan Cook – who were stood down for the rest of the matchweek – were in action in the UAE just two days before the significant error.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Posting their statement in response on Sunday night, the Reds said: ‘Liverpool Football Club acknowledges PGMOL’s admission of their failures last night. It is clear that the correct application of the laws of the game did not occur, resulting in sporting integrity being undermined.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘We fully accept the pressures that match officials work under but these pressures are supposed to be alleviated, not exacerbated, by the existence and implementation of VAR.<\/p>\n
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Jurgen Klopp has slammed PGMOL’s statement which admitted that Luis Diaz’s goal against Tottenham should have stood<\/p>\n
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Klopp claimed after the match that he knew instantly that the Colombian striker was onside\u00a0<\/p>\n
The statement continued: ‘This is vital for the reliability of future decision making as it applies to all clubs with learnings being used to make improvements to processes in order to ensure this kind of situation cannot occur again.<\/p>\n
‘In the meantime, we will explore the range of options available, given the clear need for escalation and resolution.’<\/p>\n
‘It is therefore unsatisfactory that sufficient time was not afforded to allow the correct decision to be made and that there was no subsequent intervention.<\/p>\n
‘That such failings have already been categorised as “significant human error” is also unacceptable. Any and all outcomes should be established only by the review and with full transparency.’<\/p>\n
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