It wasn’t hard to be outraged with the decisions that went against Liverpool at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Jamie Carragher shared his strong opinions on the game, when he took to social media.
In response to a post from Dale Johnson at ESPN that explained the Luis Diaz goal was agreed to be onside by VAR but they wrongly thought it had already been awarded on the pitch, so didn’t ask for a change of the onfield decision.
Taking to his X account, the Scouser said: ‘It’s an horrendous mistake no matter how they did it. But if they knew [Diaz goal was onside] just after the Spurs free kick was taken that they’d made a huge mistake, it’s nonsense they can’t bring it back just because a free kick has been taken’.
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The fact that the ball went out of play just 22 seconds after the free-kick was taken for a wrongly given offside call, there was plenty of opportunity for the right decision to eventually be made.
Although the rules do clearly state once the ball is back in play then no decision can be overturned, surely common sense can be used when a mistake has happened in the VAR room such as the one in London.
Our former defender is pointing this out, the people who made the mistake are so scared not to make another one that they can’t rectify such a glaring error.
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The Sky Sports pundit has spent time with those at the top of the PGMOL and will understand how hard their job is but what happened to us was wrong and these incompetent officials aren’t allowed to use common sense.
It’s such a frustrating decision and the whole world can see that we’ve been robbed of a goal and a result but we receive no compensation for that fact.
You can view Carragher’s comments on the VAR decision via @Carra23 on X:
It’s an horrendous mistake no matter how they did it.
But if they knew just after the Spurs free kick was taken that they’d made a huge mistake, it’s nonsense they can’t bring it back just because a free kick has been taken. https://t.co/wbUyvhOush— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) September 30, 2023
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If they thought it was a goal, is a free kick the next phase of play after a goal?
How could the correct decision not be implemented. I recall Man U getting awarded a penalty after the final whistle had been blown. Now maybe th rules are the rules but things like this are making an arse of the game. The constant tinkering with the rules are turning the game into a farce.