Jurgen Klopp has questioned the decision not to use VAR as Liverpool’s reign as Carabao Cup holders was ended.
The Reds resumed their campaign after the World Cup break by losing 3-2 at Manchester City in a thrilling fourth round clash on Thursday evening.
Under rules introduced for the 2019/20 season, VAR is not introduced in the Carabao Cup until the semi-final stage.
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And while Klopp accepts the technology cannot be used in the early rounds, the Reds boss believes it was wrong that it remained dormant at the Etihad, with referee David Coote and his officials having a number of decisions hotly-disputed during the game.
“If we have VAR, the refs are used to VAR and all of a sudden you tell them no... it looked like in a couple of situations they were waiting for or thinking VAR was still there but there was nothing,” he said.
“There were a couple of offside decisions where everybody in the stadium was convinced it was offside, I don’t know if it was in the end or not, and we couldn’t watch it back.
“It makes sense if you play a competition and everywhere has VAR then why shouldn’t you? I understand in earlier rounds when it’s maybe not possible at all levels. But it’s City against Liverpool and I think all the technical things are here, so why shouldn’t we use it?”
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