Manchester United hero Gary Neville makes VAR demand after farcical Liverpool call

Manchester United great Gary Neville is demanding for an automated system to be installed for offside decisions, after VAR made a huge error in the pulsating game between Tottenham and Liverpool.

Tottenham won 2-1 on Saturday night as goals from Son Heung-min and Joel Matip (OG) settled the scores, while Cody Gakpo replied for the Reds as they finished up with nine-men. However, their two red-cards, for Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota, were not the major flashpoints when it came to officiating.

Liverpool were denied a would-be opener when Luis Diaz scored - only for VAR to intervene in quickfire time and rule out that strike. As replays and an apology from PGMOL have confirmed, that controversial decision was made in error and, naturally, left those with Liverpool connections - including manager Jurgen Klopp - seething.

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However, even Neville - the former captain for their main rivals - was far from happy as he covered the match for Sky Sports. The 48-year-old spoke about the decision on-air and also called for an immediate revamp to the much-maligned video replay system in the Premier League.

Analysing the decision on his X profile, Neville said: "Goal-line technology and offside have been the two pillars of accuracy with VAR. I've lost some confidence in the last month on offsides and this today erodes it further. Bring in the automated system straight away."

During his TV analysis, Neville added: "It didn't look offside at the time and I've always trusted the accuracy of the technology but, with that one, I'm mystified to be honest with you. We were looking at the VAR monitors and we