Joel Matip’s own goal deep into stoppage time gave Tottenham victory over nine-man title hopefuls Liverpool in a match packed full of video assistant referee drama.
The Reds were compromised by controversial red cards as Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota were sent off either side of half-time.
Liverpool had an opening goal from Luis Diaz ruled out by a hotly disputed VAR decision, as confusion between the referee and off-field officials led to the wrong verdict being reached.
PGMOL later issued a statement acknowledging a “significant human error” took place, calling the decision to rule out Diaz’s goal “a clear and obvious factual error”.
Jurgen Klopp wanted the game to be replayed, but that was never seriously on the cards,
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