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Tottenham Hotspur Edge Out Liverpool As Refs Admit ‘Significant Human Error’ | Football News
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Tottenham Hotspur Edge Out Liverpool As Refs Admit ‘Significant Human Error’ | Football News

[ad_1] 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...
Risk-taker Ange Postecoglou Gives Tottenham Hotspur New Hope | Football News
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Risk-taker Ange Postecoglou Gives Tottenham Hotspur New Hope | Football News

[ad_1] Inspired by Bill Shankly and Ferenc Puskas, Ange Postecoglou is the risk-taking trailblazer reviving Tottenham Hotspur with his no-fear philosophy. Postecoglou has been a breath of fresh air for Spurs, banishing the bitter cycle of failure and recrimination that haunted the north London club before his close-season arrival from Celtic. The 58-year-old is the first Australian to manage a Premier League team. And when Tottenham host top-four rivals Liverpool on Saturday, Greece-born Postecoglou will fulfil a dream more than half a century in the making.He fell in love with football as a child, idolising the all-conquering Liverpool teams of the 1970s managed by the charismatic Shankly."I always wanted to be a manager. I was a massive Liverpool fan. I loved Bill Shankly. I loved the ...