Your Liverpool FC morning digest is mostly concerned with the consequences of the shoddy VAR judgement that was made against Liverpool at Tottenham Hotspur.On Thursday night, Liverpool defeated Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0 in the Europa League to get back on the winning track.
However, the effects of their 2-1 Premier League loss against Tottenham Hotspur last week are still being felt. Prior to this weekend’s domestic games, top-flight managers will be available to the media, but the VAR fiasco that caused the Reds’ perfectly good Luis Diaz goal against Spurs to be overturned continues to grab attention.
The manager of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, also provides his perspective on the situation in your morning digest for Liverpool FC. Additionally, hear from a football financial expert who details how expensive theAfter Luis Diaz’s goal was wrongly disallowed by VAR in the Reds’ 2-1 loss last Saturday, the team has been at the center of the criticism surrounding the system.
Audio from the event shows how the on-field referee and those in the VAR hub failed to communicate, which was a “significant human error” at Stockley Park.
When questioned, Guardiola declined to comment on the current debate surrounding the technology and stated that the result is “done” since the error must be “accepted.”
A football finance specialist claims that the Liverpool VAR gaffe cost £80 million.
According to a football financial specialist, Liverpool might lose out on £80 million if they don’t make the Champions League, and the points they dropped over the weekend could be very important.
The Reds were on the receiving end of a VAR error against Tottenham Hotspur through, shooting beyond Guglielmo Vicario, but the offside ruling stood at Stockley Park due to a misunderstanding between the on-field referee and VAR officials.
Till the end of the season in May, it won’t be clear how the defeat brought on by the mistake will affect things. But according to Dr. Rob Wilson of Sheffield Business School, failing to make the top four may cost £80 million.
Liverpool still would have qualified for the Champions League, and that’s considerably bigger than placing fifth, he said, adding that there is a noticeable difference in prize money for the Premier League’s top two teams of roughly £5 million or £6
