Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou weighs in on Luis Diaz disallowed goal

• Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou made some interesting comments about Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal last weekend
• The North Londoners claimed a controversial 2-1 win over Liverpool on Sunday, October 1
• Postecoglou admitted he would “get rid of VAR” in its current form

As the debate on the contentious VAR decision involving Luis Diaz’s goal last weekend, Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has weighed in on the matter with some interesting sentiments.

Spurs maintained their unbeaten start to the league campaign thanks to a 2-1 win over Liverpool amid controversial circumstances on Sunday, October 1.

Luis Diaz appeared to have opened the scoring for his side when Liverpool were down to 10 men, but his goal was ruled out and it was later determined that he was, in fact, onside.

Referees' body PGMOL released the audio of the incident where the public learnt that Video Assistant referee Darren England said the check was "perfect", as cited on BBC.

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Miscommunication between the match referee Simon Hooper and the VAR officials subsequently led to the goal getting ruled out, leading to mass outrage from football stakeholders.

Postecoglou’s take

When asked about the incident, Postecoglou was adamant his side would not have allowed Liverpool to score an uncontested goal.

"I just don't see that, if we want managers to be the arbiters of these kind of things. We've got pretty hefty responsibilities at our football clubs but we're not the custodians. I wouldn't make a decision that could potentially send a club down on the back of what my beliefs are," he said as per Daily Star.

He added: "In that moment, if somebody could tell me that they could explain everything that went on within the prism of 30 seconds.... I have to make a decision and it wasn't going to happen. It's different if it's something clear. It was a bad error through a lack of communication but it wasn't something that was easily explainable. If it was easily explainable, I would assume there would have been [less] uproar than there was."

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Meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp has since called for a replay of the match, but that is unlikely to happen, according to BBC.

According to the Spurs boss, a ‘mistake’ should not warrant such drastic action as a replay of a Premier League match.

To prevent the same mistake, VARs will confirm the outcome of any decisions with their assistants before notifying the on-pitch match officials.

Tottenham go top

In their early kick off on Saturday, Tottenham continued their dream start to the Premier League season as they beat Luton Town 1-0 despite going down to 10 men.

Dutch defender Van de Ven found the only goal of the game in the 52nd minute as the North Londoners kept of Luton despite having Yves Bissouma sent off in the first half.

Onana runs full length of pitch to thank McTominay

Elsewhere, Sports Brief reported on how Andre Onana ran the full length of the pitch just to thank Scot McTominay for scoring a late winner for Manchester United.

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McTominay was brought on in the 87th minute against The Bees at Old Trafford with United trailing 1-0, and he scored two injury-time goals to ensure his side got all three points.

Onana was thoroughly relieved as he was on the spot for an earlier error which helped Brentford take the lead.