Will Rooney reports from Anfield.
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00:00 The Ayrton Clothes just addressed the media, ahead of Liverpool's Europa League clash
00:04 against Royal Union St Galloy here at Anfield tomorrow night.
00:08 Of course the press conference as you'd expect was dominators.
00:13 About Saturday's 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur, a game that was riddled in controversy because
00:18 of VAR, obviously the audio from that game was released.
00:24 Lewis Diaz's goal that should have stood, initially given offside and clearly was onside,
00:30 but a mix-up in the VAR room at Stockton Park from the VAR referee Darren England said 'check
00:39 and please' because he thought the goal was given onside.
00:41 Of course he knew a mistake was made, Jürgen Klopp has said that first of all that it was
00:46 a mistake, he said it was a mistake, he said it was a mistake, he said it was a mistake,
00:55 he said it was a mistake, he said it was a mistake.
00:58 He said he wouldn't be feeling very good about himself after that, surely he said he wouldn't
00:59 feel horrible, but he wants the game replayed, he says he knows it's unprecedented, but he
01:02 thinks that that would be justice for Liverpool because two minutes later Tottenham don't equalize,
01:09 open a score, and it might have been a little bit different, Liverpool would have been setting
01:14 up different etc. he said that he wants to see the game replayed, whether that happens
01:19 or not is pretty unlikely.
01:23 Liverpool obviously released a statement on Sunday, they said they want to escalate things,
01:31 Ian Klopp was asked if they've gone to the Premier League about replaying the game, the
01:36 advice of club communications chief Tony Barrett, he said the club are looking into things still,
01:44 so that implies that maybe a request hasn't gone in quite yet, will Liverpool, if they
01:51 do, will it be successful?
01:52 Personally I can't see it, I mean it just opens up a whole can of worms to be quite
01:57 frank, what happens in the future when Bromley's in the Premier League, Taft and Liverpool,
02:05 going back, I can't see anything coming from this, but it will obviously change how they
02:11 are acting in the future.
02:13 In terms of talking points, perhaps the main one to be quite frank, obviously you know
02:18 it's a tough game against a Royal Union side who are top of the Belgian league, had a real
02:24 turn around the last few years, they won the Belgian second division a couple of seasons
02:29 ago and now are in the Olympic league, run by the same owner, Tony Bloom, who also owns
02:36 Brighton and Hove Albion, which is interesting because Liverpool have played Brighton and
02:38 also won on Sunday afternoon at the Allenthek Stadium, Kofi Gagh, Boz Boren, they've ruled
02:44 out as expected a game of the half time, against Tottenham, Ian Klopp now just wants to see
02:50 the spirits continue, the Liverpool have shown this season, fair play to them, they've come
02:54 back in so many games already, this campaign, they've shown real spirit, real heart and
02:59 that's what Ian Klopp wants to see continue.
03:02 Trent Alexander-Arnold also spoke to the media, he said that we just move on from the VAR
03:07 incident now, obviously he was on the bench at Tottenham after recovering from injury
03:10 and he said that he's been really impressed by the spirit and how Liverpool have quickly
03:16 adapted since making fairly significant changes to the squad over the summer, and say all
03:20 eyes on the Royal Union now, I mean Alexander-Arnold being put up for press applause, he's going
03:25 to make his first appearance in more than a month, it makes sense to be honest with you,
03:29 a real good opportunity for him to play.
03:31 You'd think Curtis Jones, that red card hasn't been overturned, that he was given at Tottenham,
03:37 after a VAR review of course, you'd think he'll play the next three games, the old Jota
03:42 being sent off with two yellow cards, Ian Klopp was wasn't happy about those two decisions
03:46 that he reminisced of them again, but you'd think the old Jota would play as well in the
03:50 likes of Ben Doherty, and some of the players who haven't had too many minutes out of late
03:55 will also be involved here at Anfield on Thursday night.