PGMOL chief Howard Webb apologised to Liverpool for the erroneously disallowed goal by Luis Diaz against Tottenham Hotspur, but the Reds might still face a fine from the FA because they received eight yellow and red cards.
Liverpool’s 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday might result in a £25,000 disciplinary sanction from the FA.
Following Joel Matip’s own goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the 96th minute, the Reds, who finished the game with nine men, suffered a last-second defeat. Meanwhile, Luis Diaz had an earlier goal incorrectly disallowed for offside owing to VAR human error, the PGMOL revealed after the game, leaving Liverpool furious.
The ECHO has learned that PGMOL CEO Howard Webb did apologise to the club for the goal that was not allowed after the game. However, it won’t offer much comfort to the Reds after their tight loss because there have been numerous other incidents in the city where the clubs are based that have left club executives feeling betrayed.
Despite this, Liverpool’s woes might not be over after their “ill-discipline” in the city. Following VAR intervention, Curtis Jones of Jurgen Klopp’s team was controversially shown a straight red card for a tackle on Yves Bissouma in the first half in North London. Diogo Jota was also sent off for two bookable offences shortly after the interval.
Along with Peter Krawietz, the assistant manager, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, and Virgil van Dijk all received cautions. The Reds might face a fine as a result of the FA punishing clubs that receive more than five cautions in a game.
Every side that receives six or more cards in a single game is often fined £25,000. As a result, Liverpool will be penalised according to the text of the law.
The FA must now determine whether or not to take formal action. It remains to be seen if they will actually hold Liverpool to account or take into account the mistakes that backed the Reds into such a corner in the first place, though, given that the majority of the club’s cards were only a result of the way the game unfolded after officiating mistakes.
Despite their current lack of discipline, manager Klopp maintains that his team is not a filthy one despite Liverpool having had four players dismissed this season.
“It’s important to me that people don’t start thinking we have so many red cards so we are a kicking team,” the German told reporters after his side’s loss to Spurs. “We don’t (go kicking players).
“The first red card for Alex wasn’t a red card. Second is for a normal foul I would say. Third is for that situation (about Curtis), and the fourth I don’t understand how many games where you see 11 vs 9. It doesn’t happen all that often and we were not kicking Tottenham players. We were trying to play football.