VAR will bring justice, they said. Will eliminate human mistakes, they said...

Joel Matip's shocking own goal in the stoppage time of the Tottenham - Liverpool tie seemed to be the biggest mistake anyone committed on Saturday afternoon regarding the match played at the Spurs stadium. But minutes after the final whistle, it was revealed that VAR referee Darren England misunderstood the decision made by ref Simon Hooper and ruled out what would have been Luis Diaz's opener due to a lack of communication.

Apparently, believe it or not, England thought that the ref decided that Diaz was onside (although the flag was raised and the Reds didn't celebrate the goal as it would in normal circumstances), so he just went on with the check and confirmed the decision stays. The only problem is that his conclusion 'check complete' meant that it was offside, and - according to strict VAR rules - once the game continued via Tottenham free-kick, there was no turning back.

Referees' body PGMOL has admitted the decision was "a significant human error".

"PGMOL acknowledges a significant human error occurred," the statement read. "PGMOL will conduct a full review."

It continued: "The goal by Luiz Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials. This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene."

Speaking after the match, Jurgen Klopp said his side's defeat came in "the most unfair circumstances" with "crazy decisions".

Klopp said the PGMOL statement "doesn't help" and referenced the apology Wolves received for the decision not to award a penalty at Manchester United earlier in the season.

"I don't think we should talk too much about that because it doesn't help at all," Klopp said.

"Wolves got a similar statement or apology. They didn't get a point out of United, and we won't get a point today, so it doesn't help.

"I am pretty sure no one is making mistakes on purpose, but it still happened, and at this moment, I don't know why. [We] scored a fantastic goal - would it have changed the game? I don't know. But probably, because goals help.

"If you want to change you have to do without our voice, if we say something we get fined. They didn't do it on purpose but if we want to talk about it, do it properly."

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said he is "losing faith" in VAR after the referees' incorrect decision to disallow Diaz's goal without any intervention from Stockley Park [the VAR hub in West London].

"I'm losing faith, [which] is difficult to say," he said.

"The VAR should be absolutely clear and obvious with everything they're deciding on. I've seen the still back - on live TV there were no lines being shown. It's all a bit strange, I don't know who was in the VAR room and making that decision. It's not a good thing, it doesn't look well either. It is what it is, we lost."

PREMIER LEAGUE - MATCHDAY 7

Saturday

Aston Villa - Brighton 6-1 (3-0)

/Watkins 16, 24, 65, Estupinan 26 og, Ramsey 85, Luiz 90+7 - Fati 50/

Everton - Luton 1-2 (1-2)

/Calvert-Lewin 41- Lockyer 25, Morris 32/

Wolverhampton - Man.City 2-1 (1-0)

/Dias 13 og, Hwang 66 - Alvarez 58/

West Ham - Sheffield Utd 2-0 (2-0)

/Bowen 24, Soucek 37/

Newcastle - Burnley 2-0 (1-0)

/Almiron 14, Isak 76 pen/

Man.Utd. - Crystal Palace 0-1 (0-1)

/Andersen 25/

Bournemouth - Arsenal 0-3 (0-2)

/Saka 17, Odegaard 44 pen, Havertz 53 pen/

Tottenham - Liverpool 2-1 (1-1)

/Son 35, Matip 90+5 og - Gakpo 45+4/

Sunday

16:00: (2.85) Nott.Forest (3.20) Brentford (2.75)

Monday

22:00: (3.80) Fulham (3.50) Chelsea (2.10)

POSTPONED GAME - MATCHDAY 2

Tuesday

21:30: (3.10) Luton (3.40) Burnley (2.45)

***odds are subject to change***