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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants the Premier League game against Tottenham to be replayed after Luis Diaz\u2019s goal was wrongly disallowed by the video assistant referee.<\/p>\n
VAR Darren England and assistant Dan Cook did not overrule when Diaz was flagged offside at 0-0 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Liverpool lost 2-1 thanks to a 96th-minute own goal from Joel Matip.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSomething like this never happened, so that is why I think a replay is the right thing to do,\u201d said Klopp.<\/p>\n
BBC Sport understands there is no prospect of the Premier League considering a replay and it is unclear whether there has been a formal request from Liverpool.<\/p>\n
Asked whether the club had asked \u2013 or would ask \u2013 the Premier League for a replay, Klopp said: \u201cAt this stage, we are still going through the information we have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Referees\u2019 body PGMOL\u00a0released the audio of discussions\u00a0between the match officials over the offside on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
In the audio, England says the check is \u201cperfect\u201d before swearing when he realises a mistake has been made.<\/p>\n
Klopp said: \u201cThe audio didn\u2019t change it at all. It is an obvious mistake. There should be solutions for that. The outcome should be a replay. But it probably won\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe argument against that would be it opens the gates. It is unprecedented. I\u2019m used to wrong and difficult decisions, but something like this never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
After releasing the audio, PGMOL said the error was a result of a \u201clapse of concentration and loss of focus\u201d.<\/p>\n
The controversy has prompted a debate about the use and efficacy of VAR.<\/p>\n
The Premier League added that the incident in Saturday\u2019s game, and the subsequent review of what led to the incorrect decision, highlighted \u201csystemic weaknesses in the VAR process\u201d. The league plan to undertake a comprehensive review alongside the referees\u2019 body to \u201cseek consistently higher standards of VAR performance\u201d.<\/p>\n
Although Klopp said the mistake was not made \u201con purpose\u201d, he added: \u201cThese things should not happen. Other mistakes should not happen. Find a solution to deal with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe rush them and we get a quick decision, but the wrong decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klopp said it would have been better to correct the mistake once it had been realised and said he wants a protocol put in place to avoid similar problems again.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIf that would happen again, I would say replay. Or much, much better than a replay \u2013 sort it in that moment. Common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is no precedent in the UK for a result to be changed or a game to be replayed because of a refereeing error.<\/p>\n
A 1999 FA Cup third-round tie was played again after Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger offered Sheffield United a\u00a0replay\u00a0following a controversial winning goal in the first game.<\/p>\n
The officials involved in the match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium have not been selected for this weekend\u2019s Premier League games, with England and Cook stood down for the rest of last weekend.<\/p>\n
The on-field referee at Tottenham-Liverpool, Simon Hooper, will be the VAR for Bournemouth\u2019s trip to Everton on Saturday, while Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official, will feature in two games this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not angry with anybody at all,\u201d said Klopp. \u201cThey made a mistake and they felt horrible that night, I am 100% sure. That\u2019s enough, for me. Nobody needs further punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones were sent off against Spurs.\u00a0Liverpool failed with an appeal against Jones\u2019 red card\u00a0for a challenge on Yves Bissouma and he will serve a three-game ban.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ref got called to the screen and saw for the first three seconds a frozen picture. I would give immediately a red card for that picture,\u201d said Klopp.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen he sees the replay in slow motion. I would have given a red card for the slow motion, but in real time it is not a red card.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou appeal it then the FA panel tells you \u2018no, it is not a clear and obvious mistake\u2019 and I think it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ref\u2019s first decision was yellow. The clear and obvious mistake is showing a frozen picture and a replay in slow motion.\u201d<\/p>\n
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