The match ended with a 2-1 victory for Tottenham, breaking Liverpool's 19-game unbeaten streak in all competitions and their 17-game undefeated run in the Premier League.
During the game, Son Heung-min scored for Tottenham, and Joel Matip scored an own goal, while Cody Gakpo scored for Liverpool. Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota of Liverpool were both shown red cards, with Jones being sent off after a tackle on Yves Bissouma.
Shortly after that, Luis Diaz scored a goal after an assist from Mohamed Salah, but it was disallowed due to an offside call by the linesman. VAR briefly reviewed the footage but missed that Cristian Romero had kept Diaz onside.
This error was reminiscent of a similar incident involving VAR in February when a goal was incorrectly awarded to Ivan Toney against Arsenal. In this case, it was reported that VAR official Darren England, at Stockley Park, saw that Diaz was onside but failed to realize that the goal had been disallowed on the field.
As a result, England and his VAR assistant, Dan Cook, quickly reviewed the images and told the on-field referee, Simon Hooper, that the goal should stand. However, they only did this after the game had already restarted with a Tottenham free kick, making it too late to correct the disallowed goal.
Just two minutes after Diaz's disallowed goal, Son scored for Tottenham, but Gakpo equalized for Liverpool before halftime. Gakpo was then substituted off due to an injury. Diogo Jota, who had been on the field for only 29 minutes, received a controversial booking and a second yellow card, reducing Liverpool to nine players.
Despite being at a numerical disadvantage, Liverpool defended fiercely. However, in the end, Matip accidentally deflected Pedro Porro's cross into his own net, giving Tottenham the winning goal.
Liverpool's coach, Jurgen Klopp, was informed of PGMOL's statement about the officiating errors but dismissed it since his team still ended up with no points from the match. Meanwhile, Tottenham's manager, Ange Postecoglou, acknowledged that referees are human and make mistakes, just like players and managers, and he believed that VAR would never be flawless.
