LIVERPOOL are set to appeal Curtis Jones’ controversial red card.
The Reds midfielder, 22, was initially shown a yellow for his over-the-ball tackle on Yves Bissouma early on in Saturday’s Premier League clash at Tottenham.
But after an on-field VAR review, referee Simon Hooper upgraded the decision to a straight red with the youngster catching the Spurs man on the shin with his studs.
That should see Jones handed a three-match ban – missing October’s Premier League games against Brighton, Everton and Nottingham Forest.
However, Liverpool want a review of the decision in the hope of getting it overturned and are reportedly ready to lodge their official appeal.
Manager Jurgen Klopp was furious at Hooper’s decision and aimed a few words at the official as he brandished the red to the England Under-21 international.
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Afterwards, the Kop boss – whose side were reduced to nine men when Diogo Jota picked up two quickfire yellows – fumed: “I never saw a game like this with the most unfair circumstances, crazy decisions.
“The first red card, Curtis steps on the ball and goes over. Not a bad tackle.
“It looks different in slow motion. He steps full throttle on the ball and goes over the ball. That is unlucky.”
Both Gary Neville and Jamie Redknapp felt the decision to send Jones off was harsh.
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Neville said: “I know when you’re doing someone, I’ve done it myself. He wasn’t there to do someone.
“He’s showing him the end motion which looks bad but that’s not how it’s ended up there. His foot has just slipped over the top of the ball.
“I think he’s gone to try to tackle the ball. It’s not for me a red card.”
Redknapp added: “I think it’s extremely harsh. He’s trying to nick the ball away from Bissouma.
“It doesn’t look good don’t get me wrong but for me it’s not a red card. A yellow card would have sufficed in that situation.”
But football fans on social media do not believe Jones’ punishment will be rescinded.
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One said: “For the ankle breaker? Good luck with that.”
Another added: “Why on earth would that be overturned.”
A third replied: “That’s not getting overturned. Some said yellow, some said red. It was somewhere in the margins between the two but no one said it was an outrageously wrong decision.”
Klopp and Liverpool’s mood was worsened when Luis Diaz’s opening goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside thanks to a monumental VAR blunder.
VAR Darren England FORGOT to tell Hooper to change the decision and allow the goal to stand in what the PGMOL described as a “significant human error”.
Liverpool released a statement promising to “escalate” the issue as they did not accept the PGMOL’s apology – although the match will not be replayed.
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To make matters worse, the Reds were slapped with a £25,000 by The FA for their ill-discipline in North London.
And Alexis Mac Allister is at risk of an additional ban for suggesting Hooper was Tottenham’s 12th man on social media.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
