1. Liverpool started badly

After only 26 minutes, The Kop was left with only 10 players. The VAR team was right to give Curtis Jones a red card after kicking the ball with the bottom of his shoe. This is the third red card for a Liverpool player in the past 7 matches in the Premier League.

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In the television commentary, former defender Gary Neville assessed that it was not a malicious collision by Jones. However, Jones clearly put his teammates in a difficult position when deciding to tackle the ball 50-50.

2. Crazy day of two goalkeepers

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Both goalkeepers Guglielmo Vicario and Alisson had 11 saves last night. In particular, Vicario had 3 excellent saves, while Alisson had nearly 4 times more than his colleague on the other side of the front line. If it weren’t for Joel Matip’s own goal in the final seconds, people would have honored Alisson as the best player in the match.

3. The referee ruined the match

Obviously, for neutral fans who have watched the entire 90 minutes, they will ask questions about the refereeing of this epic match.

In the 33rd minute of the match, when the score was still 0-0, Luis Diaz cleverly escaped and kicked the ball into Tottenham’s net. The linesman raised the offside flag and the match quickly resumed. Worth mentioning, the VAR team in this phase did not participate at all. They didn’t draw lines and didn’t show it on television for fans to see clearly.

BeIN SPORTS station redraws the line on Diaz’s offside situation.

Simon Hooper was the official for the match

This will be a big scandal for Premier League referees when beIN SPORTS radio drew lines for the referees while holding commentary. Accordingly, Diaz still stands a long distance above Tottenham’s last defender.

4. 9 warriors against 11 nearly halfway through the second half

With a numerical disadvantage, Liverpool still scored an equalizer in first half stoppage time, with a classy volley from Gakpo. However, everything went against The Kop when they were reduced to only 9 players after Diogo Jota received his second yellow card and left the field.

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At this time, coach Jurgen Klopp has accepted to sacrifice almost all the players on the offensive line, to put on the field those who are more defensive-minded.

With 9 men against 11, Liverpool held out until the final seconds of the match before Joel Matip scored an own goal.