{"id":290135,"date":"2023-10-05T09:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290135"},"modified":"2023-10-05T09:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T09:25:02","slug":"wolves-troll-jurgen-klopp-over-var-offside-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/wolves-troll-jurgen-klopp-over-var-offside-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves troll Jurgen Klopp over VAR offside controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wolves have hilariously poked fun at Jurgen Klopp after Liverpool’s manager demanded his team’s game with Tottenham is replayed over the ‘unprecedented’\u00a0VAR offside controversy.<\/p>\n
Luis Diaz saw a perfectly legitimate goal disallowed after VAR Darren England made a mistake during last Saturday’s Premier League match.<\/p>\n
By the time the error was realised, play had already restarted and Liverpool went on to lose the match 2-1.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Wednesday, Klopp said: ‘Yes, it was a mistake, an obvious mistake and I think there would have been solutions for is afterwards.<\/p>\n
‘And I can say immediately, even probably some people don’t want me to say, but not as the manager of Liverpool so much, more as a football person, I think the outcome should be a replay.<\/p>\n
Hang on a minute\u2026 \ud83e\udd14 #Wolves #PremierLeague #Liverpool #VAR <\/p>\n
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Jurgen Klopp claimed the VAR offside controversy that went against Liverpool at Tottenham last weekend was ‘unprecedented’ – but Wolves were quick to point out it wasn’t<\/p>\n
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Back in January, Wolves were denied what appeared to be a legitimate winning goal in their FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool at Anfield – with Julen Lopetegui left furious\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Defender Toti Gomes thought he’d scored an Anfield winner before VAR denied the goal<\/p>\n
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‘That’s how it is, probably will not happen.’<\/p>\n
He then added: I think the situation is that unprecedented, that it didn’t happen before in that moment.’<\/p>\n
But, as Wolves were swift to point out on their Tiktok channel, the Liverpool boss may have something of a short memory.<\/p>\n
Back in January, Wolves saw what appeared to be a perfectly legal goal scored by Toti disallowed in their FA Cup third round tie at Anfield.<\/p>\n
The defender had flicked home what would have been a winning goal for Wolves but the assistant referee raised his flag against Matheus Nunes, who took the original corner and then saw the ball returned to him before crossing.<\/p>\n
Because the VAR had no camera angle available to provide enough evidence to overturn the decision, the officials went with the original on-field offside call and the game finished 2-2.<\/p>\n
Wolves’ manager at the time Julen Lopetegui was furious, saying: ‘We have seen it, the offside doesn’t exist, I’m sorry. It’s impossible.<\/p>\n
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Matheus Nunes (bottom left) was flagged offside when the ball came back out to him following a corner. He delivered the cross from which Gomes scored. But VAR officials didn’t have a suitable camera angle to check the offside\u00a0<\/p>\n
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On Saturday at Tottenham, VAR wrongly believed the on-field decision to be ‘goal’, meaning they said the check was complete, with the player clearly onside.<\/p>\n
‘Someone has told him it’s offside, but we’ve seen the images, it doesn’t exist.<\/p>\n
‘The decision is wrong. I make mistakes every day, and sometimes they do too. Today we have the help of VAR, and it’s a pity, because I’m sorry, it’s not offside.’<\/p>\n
At the time, even Klopp sympathised, saying: ‘We have one picture where it may look offside, but I can understand why they are angry about it. We don’t want the VAR to just have one angle.’<\/p>\n
To make matters worse for Wolves, they lost the replay at Molineux 1-0 as Liverpool made the fourth round.<\/p>\n
The Spurs vs Liverpool game, which the hosts won thanks to Joel Matip’s own goal at the death having finally cracked the Reds’ nine men, isn’t likely to be replayed.<\/p>\n
That’s despite referees’ chiefs admitting it was down to a ‘significant human error.’<\/p>\n
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The PGMOL released the full audio from the VAR hub during Liverpool ‘s controversial 2-1 defeat to Tottenham, that saw referee Simon Hooper incorrectly disallow the Reds a goal<\/p>\n
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VAR official Darren England (left) and VAR assistant Dan Cook (right) were dropped from their roles for upcoming fixtures after the high-profile error<\/p>\n
England wrongly believed the on-field decision had been a goal rather than offside, so said ‘check complete’ once he’d confirmed Colombian winger Diaz was onside.<\/p>\n
An audio recording of the exchange between on-field referee Simon Hooper and the VAR team at Stockley Park revealed England saying ‘oh f***’ as he realised his mistake.<\/p>\n
England and his assistant VAR Dan Cook have been dropped from their roles for this weekend’s fixtures.<\/p>\n
Assistant referee 1 (Adrian Holmes): ‘All good. Both holding. Both holding’<\/p>\n
Referee (Simon Hooper): ‘Yeah, leave it alone.’<\/p>\n
Assistant referee 1: ‘Waiting. Delaying, delaying.’<\/p>\n
VAR (Darren England): ‘Possible offside, Diaz.’<\/p>\n
Assistant referee 2 (Simon Long): ‘Give it.’<\/p>\n
Assistant referee 1: ‘Coming back for the offside, mate.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Just checking the offside. Delay, delay.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Give the kick point, let’s go. Kick point please?’<\/p>\n
Referee: ‘Yeah, no worries mate.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘So, here we are.’<\/p>\n
Referee: ‘Wait.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘Just get a tight angle.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Yeah give me 2D line ready after this one from frame two after that.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘So frame two there?’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘That’s fine. Perfect, yeah. 2D line on the left boot.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘Let me just switch angles.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Romero, I think it is?’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘I think it might be this angle better? Happy with this angle?’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Yep.’<\/p>\n
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Replay operator: ‘2D line on the boot?’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘2D line on the boot.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘Yep, okay. So 2D line on the boot.’<\/p>\n
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VAR: ‘And stop. Check complete, check complete. That’s fine, perfect.’<\/p>\n
Assistant referee 1: ‘Playing.’<\/p>\n
Referee: ‘Cheers mate.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Thank you mate.’<\/p>\n
Referee: ‘Well done boys, good process.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘Wait, wait, wait, wait. The on-field decision was offside.. Are you happy with this?’<\/p>\n
Assistant VAR (Dan Cook): ‘Yeah.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘Are you happy with this?’<\/p>\n
Assistant VAR: ‘Offside, goal, yeah. That’s wrong that, Daz.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘What?’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘On-field decision was offside. Are you happy with this image? Yeah, it is onside. The image that we gave them is onside.’<\/p>\n
Assistant VAR: ‘He’s playing him, he’s gone offside.<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Oh f***’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘Delay, delay. Oli (Kohout, PGMOL Hub Ops) saying to delay, Oli’s saying to delay.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Pardon?’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘Oli’s calling in to say delay the game. The decision is onside.’<\/p>\n
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VAR: ‘Can’t do anything.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: Oli’s saying to delay, Oli’s saying to delay.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘Oli?’<\/p>\n
Fourth official: ‘Yeah.’<\/p>\n
Replay operator: ‘Delay the game, to delay the game? Stop the game.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘They’ve started the game. Can’t do anything, can’t do anything.’<\/p>\n
Assistant VAR: ‘Yeah they’ve restarted. Yeah. No.’<\/p>\n
VAR: ‘I can’t do anything. I can’t do anything. F***.’<\/p>\n