Jurgen Klopp has admitted he thought Wolves’ late disallowed strike against Liverpool was a goal as the Reds fought out a 2-2 draw in the FA Cup third round on Saturday night.
Wolves thought they had scored a winner late on when Toti flicked home following a corner, only for it to controversially be ruled offside after the ball came back to corner-taker Matheus Nunes, who was linked with a move to Liverpool earlier this month, for him to cross it back in.
However, VAR was unable to make a decision either way on the goal courtesy of not having the right camera angle, ensuring it was disallowed off the back of the assistant referee’s original decision.
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Comparing the situation to a goal Liverpool conceded away at Arsenal back in October, Klopp sympathised with Wolves as he admitted he had thought it was a goal in-play, before hitting out at how VAR wasn’t able to boast the full angles to come to a decision.
“I don’t really know (if it was a goal). On the pitch, I couldn’t see it so had no idea. I thought it was a goal,” he told reporters. “It was the player in the left corner. He might have been offside.
“We have one angle which I saw in the dressing room where it could have been offside. I wouldn’t swear on it, I don’t know. It could be but I think this angle, the VAR didn’t have if I’m right? That’s what I heard.
“We had a similar situation in the Arsenal game where one angle was missing. In the end everybody thought it was a clear offside but we couldn’t prove it because the angle was not there.
“I don’t know how these things can happen but it happened. So I understand the frustration of Wolves because you want to have the right decision in these moments like we wanted the right decision back then but I cannot say anything about it because I only saw one camera perspective.”
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