{"id":290083,"date":"2023-10-04T20:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290083"},"modified":"2023-10-04T20:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:24:20","slug":"ex-spurs-star-wants-2019-ucl-final-replayed-following-jurgen-klopp-var-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/ex-spurs-star-wants-2019-ucl-final-replayed-following-jurgen-klopp-var-outburst\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Spurs star wants 2019 UCL final replayed following Jurgen Klopp VAR outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jan Vertonghen has cheekily backed a call for the 2019 Champions League final between Tottenham and Liverpool to be replayed.<\/p>\n
This follows Jurgen Klopp\u2019s latest outburst on VAR, where he said he believes last Saturday\u2019s match between Spurs and the Reds should be replayed due to a VAR error.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0PGMOL admitted a \u2018significant error\u2019 was made\u00a0in disallowing Luis Diaz\u2019s goal during that match, with Liverpool going on to lose 2-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n
The refereeing body\u00a0released audio from the VAR decision on Tuesday evening, with the clip revealing how the blunder occurred \u2013 though this did little to appease Klopp.<\/p>\n
\u2018The audio didn\u2019t change it at all. I was not interested in why it happened because I knew, I saw the outcome, I saw the goal we scored and it didn\u2019t count,\u2019 the Liverpool boss said in a press conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u2018But as a football person I think the only outcome should be a replay, that is how it is. It probably won\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n
\u2018The argument is if we open that gate, it is so unprecedented. I am 56 years old, I am used to wrong decisions, all these kind of things. But something like that never happened.\u2019<\/p>\n
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As Klopp correctly points out, replaying the game would open a colossal can of worms, as many other clubs are still aggrieved at contentious refereeing decisions from over the years.<\/p>\n
This includes some Spurs fans due to the somewhat controversial manner in which they lost the 2019 Champions League final in Madrid.<\/p>\n
Liverpool were awarded a penalty after just 24 seconds when Moussa Sissoko handballed in the box, though some felt it harsh given how close he was to the ball when Sadio Mane fired it in his direction, with the Reds going on to win 2-0.<\/p>\n
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