Curtis Jones was initially given a yellow card for his foul on Yves Bissouma during the first half of Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham; referee Simon Hooper upgraded the punishment to a red card after being advised by the VAR to review the incident at the pitchside monitor
Liverpool are preparing to appeal the red card given to Curtis Jones during their controversial 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on Saturday.
The midfielder was sent off for fouling Yves Bissouma in the 26th minute after a VAR intervention.
Referee Simon Hooper had initially shown Jones a yellow card but changed his decision after being advised to go to the pitchside monitor.
Gary Neville and Jamie Redknapp felt Liverpool’s Curtis Jones was unfortunate to be given a straight red card for his challenge on Yves Bissouma
Sky Sports News has been told Liverpool feel the tackle did not meet the threshold for excessive force as the 22-year-old made enough contact with the ball and was trying to control it by rolling over it, while there was no basis or intention for serious foul play.
After the defeat in north London, Jurgen Klopp said: “He had full power on the ball, rolls over the ball and then he hits the decisive part of the leg.
“When you see it in slow motion it looks horrendous, but when you see it in real time it’s not even that close to being bad. It wasn’t even close to being on purpose.
“The game is in real time but we judge it in slow motion.”
Jones faces a three-game ban if the red card is not overturned and would sit out Liverpool’s Premier League fixtures against Brighton, Everton and Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool ask PGMOL to release VAR audio of disallowed Diaz goal
Dermot Gallagher said the decision to disallow Luis Diaz’s goal against Tottenham was a ‘very, very bad mistake’
Liverpool have made a formal request to PGMOL for the audio between the match officials from the defeat at Tottenham after Luis Diaz’s opener was wrongly disallowed.
Diaz’s goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside after a mistake by Darren England, the VAR, described by PGMOL as a “significant human error”.
Sky Sports’ Joe Shread and Zinny Boswell ask how the officials made such a crucial error by disallowing Luis Diaz’s goal for Liverpool at Tottenham on Saturday
Diaz was flagged offside by the assistant referee after putting the ball into the Spurs net despite being onside. However, England and the VAR team mistakenly thought the Liverpool winger’s goal had been allowed, so told the referee to uphold his decision.
England and Dan Cook, the assistant VAR, were taken off duty from their next scheduled games.
Liverpool vowed on Sunday to “explore the range of options available” to them to reach a resolution and have now approached PGMOL for the raw audio files of the conversations between England and his on-field colleagues.
Stephen Warnock and Sue Smith question Dermot Gallagher on why VAR couldn’t recommend Liverpool be gifted a goal after Luis Diaz’s strike was ruled out incorrectly against Tottenham
The statement from Liverpool on Sunday read: “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.
“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.
“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.
Jurgen Klopp is not appeased when he learns of the PGMOL statement admitting a ‘significant human error’
“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.
“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.
“In the meantime, we will explore the range of options available, given the clear need for escalation and resolution.”
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