Liverpool Football Club have released an official statement following yesterday’s defeat to Spurs in London.
The Reds had a perfectly good goal ruled out for offside in the first half after Luis Diaz fired the Reds ahead with a sublime finish.
VAR Darren England and AVAR Dan Cook failed to intervene and allow the goal, however, and shortly after the full-time whistle yesterday the PGMOL released a statement acknowledging that an error had been made.
It was too late at that point, though, as Jurgen Klopp’s side had already succumbed to their first defeat of the season after Joel Matip fired into his own net deep into injury time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Son Heung-min put the hosts ahead before Cody Gakpo levelled before the break for 10-men Liverpool with a clever finish inside the area.
With Curtis Jones already seeing red in the first half, the visitors were then reduced to nine men after substitute Diogo Jota was shown two yellows in quick succession but despite a spirited performance Klopp’s side failed to hold out for a point.
Refereeing chief Howard Webb has already apologised to Liverpool for the shambolic performance of the officials and the Merseysiders have now released their own statement in response
The statement reads, via @LFC on X:
“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.
“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.”
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.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 1, 2023
I honestly believe the booing of the national anthem and future king at Wembley is the root cause of the diabolical decisions against Liverpool football club this to me is a conspiracy against the club by the establishment which of course the football association are part of obviously very hard to prove but it is no coincidence that nearly every teams supporter’s have started singing God save the king to the Liverpool fans the whole integrity of the game is at stake not too mention corruption of the highest order
No one club has the tight to influence. Many teams have “harsh” decisions given against them. When the dust settles it was a great game played with passion from both sides. Spurs got the points and credit where credits due are an exciting team to watch long may it continue.
Something needs to be done and those involved should be sanctioned and fined following such fundamental errors. None of the officials face the press for explanations but hide behind those in charge. Man up.
But instead, they threaten to suspend the players who dared criticize the (wrong!) decision .. and fine the team for the number of cards they got .. even though they were not all justified! The whole game needs to be reviewed by the powers that be .. the result can’t be changed, but it can be used as a teaching tool for refs!
I think this ref must have bribed someone good and proper to get the ref job
These officials will be back in a couple of weeks to cause havoc again ,the referee was a disaster he booked Jota when you can see the spurs player tripped himself up the referee should be sacked.
What a shame!
This definitely needs to be corrected.
PIGmol understand what I mean. VAR is good but the mamn behind the VAR is full of corrupted with the on field. They got the right to stop the freekick to let analyise finish but choose to ignore. Idiotic PIGmol.
That was stupid decision but me i have seen politic had now entered in english league.
VAR was designed to eliminate mistakes and human error! Yet under Howard Webb, PGMOL has actually developed a culture of errors by VAR! Its not new, its not getting better, its only destroying the EPL for fans. But worse still is the “punishment” handed out to such officials. Its nothing short of encouragement. A replay is meaningless under this clime. Let Webb go!
We should implement a red flag system like the NFL where a coach can challenge one decision in the game by throwing the red flag the game stops while it is sorted out right or wrong
Really true n the match officials all hide behind n no one’s darr to come forward to clearly state the outcome of the game n apologize but they are all cowards..Sad sad for Standard of EPL Reffering.
Match officials need to be investigated as they are in the position of abuse and corruption if they wants to!
In recent years I’ve found that when it comes to controversial refereeing that Liverpool FC bears the brunt of these ‘errors’.
These officials need to lose their jobs!
I wonder how many other clubs would be willing to stand with liverpool, if they refuse to play until this matter is resolved
Players get booked or sent off
They face a suspension
But they also get a heavy fine
Referees are not above reproach
They should be fined too
Hit them in the pocket and these errors won’t happen again
The ref is at fault as the line ref he was so wrong with his flag its a total disgrace the game should have been stopped 40 seconds after wrong decision its a joke