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Gary Neville has criticised Jurgen Klopp after the Liverpool manager suggested their match against Tottenham be replayed.<\/p>\n
The Reds surrendered their unbeaten start to the season but only after they were on the receiving end of several contentious refereeing decisions, including the unprecedented VAR catastrophe which saw Luis Diaz\u2019s first half goal wrongly ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n
The fall-out from the VAR failure in Saturday\u2019s defeat \u2013 in which officials mistakenly cancelled the Colombia international\u2019s strike, which would have put his side 1-0 ahead, due to a misunderstanding of the on-field decision \u2013 is still being felt.<\/p>\n
The Premier Game Match Officials Ltd released the audio conversation between officials and the VAR after a request from Liverpool, but Klopp said that had made little difference to their thinking.<\/p>\n
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\u2018The audio didn\u2019t change it at all. It is an obvious mistake,\u2019 said Klopp at his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow\u2019s game against Union Saint-Gilloise. \u2018I think there should be solutions for that. I think the outcome should be a replay. <\/p>\n
\u2018The argument against that would be it opens the gates. It is unprecedented, it has not happened before. <\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m used to wrong and difficult decisions, but something like this never happened and so that is why I think a replay is the right thing to do.\u2019<\/p>\n
In the immediate aftermath of Saturday\u2019s controversy, Neville had praised Klopp and Liverpool for the measured way in which they had responded to the controversy. <\/p>\n
An initial statement appeared to have made clear that the Merseyside club\u2019s primary intention was to ensure an open and transparent investigation be conducted, while widespread reports claimed nobody of a Liverpool persuasion was considering the possibility of a replay.<\/p>\n
Klopp\u2019s surprise comments, however, blew that theory out of the water, much to Neville\u2019s astonishment. <\/p>\n
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He wrote on X: \u2018Can\u2019t believe how Liverpool have grabbed defeat from victory in their handling of this! They were wronged by a shocking mistake. End of!\u2019<\/p>\n
Asked why he had changed his stance following Klopp\u2019s request, Neville added: \u2018Because of Liverpool\u2019s statement escalating it, mentioning integrity and exploring options. <\/p>\n
\u2018Now we\u2019ve seen they want a replay! That\u2019s madness.\u2019<\/p>\n