Liverpool were criticized by Gary Neville for their “dangerous” VAR error comment.
The wording of Liverpool’s statement criticizing the VAR error in their Saturday loss to Tottenham has drawn criticism from Gary Neville, who calls it “dangerous.”
Even though Curtis Jones’ challenge resulted in a red card in the first half of the Merseysiders’ trip to north London, they believed they had seized the lead shortly after despite their numerical disadvantage.
Although the Colombian appeared to be onside, the linesman raised his flag after Luis Diaz ran clear and scored impressively. After a quick VAR review, the game resumed with a free kick to Spurs.
Although the on-field team understood the VAR team’s communication as Diaz being offside, it later emerged that the VAR team had mistakenly believed the on-field judgment had been a goal and that their use of the phrase “check complete” was to affirm there was no offside.
After the game resumed, VAR was unable to make a decision, and Son Heung-min gave Tottenham the lead shortly after.
Just before halftime, Cody Gakpo scored an equalizer. His replacement, Diogo Jota, was then dismissed for two bookable offenses, and Joel Matip scored an own goal with seconds remaining to give the home team a 2-1 victory.
Following the event, Jurgen Klopp handled it diplomatically after learning that a significant human error had occurred. However, Liverpool issued a harsh statement on Sunday night in which they asked for escalation and resolution and stated that they would be exploring a range of options.
Neville, a former defender for Manchester United, thinks the vague and aggressive language in Liverpool’s statement went too far and that PGMOL’s subsequent apologies should be adequate.
Neville wrote on the social media site X: Jurgen Klopp handled the situation last night after the game well. The majority of football fans will have understood what happened and acknowledged it was wrong.
