Liverpool fell to a 2-1 defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with an own goal from Joel Matip deep into injury time sealing victory for the hosts.
The Reds were reduced to nine men with Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota sent off with Luis Diaz seeing his first-half goal ruled out for offside.
A VAR review concluded the Colombian international had moved into an offside position despite replays suggesting Cristian Romero was keeping him on.
Shortly after full-time, a statement from PGMOL confirmed a ‘significant human error’ had been made in disallowing Diaz’s goal with the referring body set to hold a full review into the circumstances that led to the mistake.
Klopp was in the middle of his post-match press conference when the PGMOL statement was released.
‘Who does that help now? We had the situation in the Manchester United vs Wolves game. Did they get points for it? It doesn’t help,’ Klopp said.
‘We will not get points for it so it doesn’t help. Nobody expects 100 per cent right decisions on field but I think we all thought when VAR came in, it might make things easier.
‘I don’t know why people in VAR are under that much pressure, they made that decision really quickly for that goal.
‘It changes the momentum of the game and that is how it is. It was super difficult. But the boys did extremely well to deal with it.’
Earlier this season, the refereeing body issued another apology after Wolves were denied a penalty against Manchester United on the opening weekend of the season.
Goalkeeper Andre Onana looked to have given away a penalty in the closing moments of the contest but was not penalised by VAR.
Klopp was also furious with both red card decisions. ‘The first red card, Curtis steps on the ball and goes over. Not a bad tackle. It looks different in slow motion. He steps full throttle on the ball and goes over the ball. That is unlucky.
“[For Jota] first yellow was not a yellow. Then he gets a second and to defend with eight outfield players is tricky.
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