What a travesty. I’m too angry to comment coherently but the offside call on Diaz was stupefying, and while I think Jones’ red should be rescinded on appeal, PMGOL may very well circle the wagons on that one and reject Liverpool’s appeal to save face. They can’t hide about the offside but they won’t want to admit they made further mistakes.
As for the PMGOL apology…pfft. Who cares? I’d like to hear their rationale in bothering to make apologies, because it clearly just enrages fans and managers even further. If only the ‘big’ clubs are being ‘favored’ with apologies it’s the most pointless ‘advantage’ I’ve ever heard of. I doubt it’s because if Klopp. If clubs win trophies based on managerial tantrums Liverpool would win the league every season.🤣
If anything the incidents highlight the issues I was just posting about here the other day - fans can’t hear refs thought processes, so decisions are arbitrary and when they get it wrong - as they obviously did here - it just erodes confidence in the process.
VAR utterly, completely, abjectly failed at correcting a linesman’s mistake that was, at least in freeze frame, blindingly obvious.
In the tiny part of my brain that isn’t burning with indignation, I think it was shaping up to be a fantastic match. Spurs had a very energetic press going and Liverpool were getting behind them with long passes. It would have been a great game.
I think we’ll take them at Anfield, and while that won’t rectify this debacle, I hope what whatever happens in the return fixture it’s decided by the players and not the officials.
Edit: and yes, previously I was also arguing that reffing mistakes are part of the game and we have to accept that. They are, and I do. But fans are also entitled to be upset about them
….as long as they keep within the bounds of civilized behavior.
Spurs are very good this season, and if they finish in a league position ahead of Liverpool by three points or less…..well….
