Tottenham Hotspur Edge Out Liverpool As Refs Admit 'Significant Human Error'

Tottenham snatched a controversial 2-1 win against nine-man Liverpool as Joel Matip's last-gasp own-goal ended the Reds' resistance and the visitors had a goal disallowed that the referees' body admitted should have stood. Liverpool had Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota sent off as Ange Postecoglou's side shattered Liverpool's unbeaten start to the Premier League season and extended their own thanks to the gripping climax in north London. Jones was dismissed in the first half before Luis Diaz's goal for Liverpool was incorrectly disallowed for offside by VAR.

Referees' body PGMOL later admitted "a significant human error".

It said in a statement: "This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene."

Tottenham took the lead through Son Heung-min's opener and Cody Gakpo equalised just before half-time, but Liverpool were reduced to nine when Jota saw red after the interval.

It seemed Liverpool would hold out against the odds until Matip accidently diverted Pedro Porro's cross into his own net with just seconds left.

Furious Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said: "I never saw a game like this with the most unfair circumstances, crazy decisions.

"The offside goal. That is not offside when you see it, they drew their lines wrong.

"The first red card, Curtis steps on the ball and goes over. Not a bad tackle. For Jota, first yellow was not a yellow."

After a dismal run of one win in their previous 23 meetings with Liverpool in all competitions, Tottenham could finally savour a rare success against the Anfield outfit.

It was Tottenham's first win against Liverpool since 2017 when Spurs were using Wembley as their temporary home.

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