Ange Postecoglou has stated VAR is ruining soccer, savaged Video Assistant Referee Jarred Gillett and issued a warning to reporter Patrick Davison after Tottenham had a spectacular Pape Matar Sarr equaliser dominated out of their 1-0 Premier League defeat at Chelsea on Thursday.
Sarr caught goalkeeper Robert Sanchez out with a strike from 40 yards with 21 minutes remaining, just for Gillett to disallow the hassle following a prolonged test, with referee Craig Pawson reserving the Spurs midfielder for a foul on Moises Caicedo.
“Inform me what’s clear and apparent about it mate?!”
Ange Postecoglou is NOT proud of the referee ruling out Pape Matar Sarr’s objective 😤 pic.twitter.com/OweJQL2ZXo
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Postecoglou: VAR ‘loopy’
“You’re standing round for 12 minutes,” Postecoglou advised Sky Sports activities after 14th-placed Spurs slipped to their sixteenth league defeat of a troubled marketing campaign.
“It’s killing the sport. It’s not the identical sport it was. You simply don’t know what you’re going to get. No-one cares about that – everybody loves the drama, the controversy. I’m certain there’ll be 24-hour discussions about it.
“That’s what everybody desires. They’re not considering it killing the spectacle of the sport. If the referee noticed that after which [Gillett] must see that for six minutes, inform me what’s clear and apparent about it. It’s loopy. It’s insanity.”
“They’ve bought each proper to be offended.”
James Maddison says the gamers are simply as upset because the Spurs followers 💬 pic.twitter.com/X4cdGUr6Ov
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Postecoglou interview: ‘Was it clear and apparent?’
Caicedo volleyed in a second for Chelsea earlier than Sarr’s effort, just for a protracted VAR test to deem Levi Colwill offside.
Postecoglou was unimpressed when Davison stated the proper resolution had been reached on Sarr’s objective, responding by evaluating the incident to James Tarkowski’s foul on Liverpool ahead Alexis Mac Allister on Wednesday, when the Everton defender escaped a pink card in a call officiating physique the PGMOL acknowledged afterwards was unsuitable.
“You possibly can attempt to pressure me right into a nook,” Postecoglou advised Davison. “You’re. Did you suppose final night time was a pink card? Was it clear and apparent? If it’s a must to watch one thing fairly just a few instances, is that clear and apparent?
“I assume individuals like you’ll proceed to be blissful sitting in your couches for six minutes ready for clear and apparent stuff. I don’t agree with it, however that’s advantageous.”
Pape Matar Sarr beats Robert Sanchez from distance with an incredible end, however VAR has a glance and the objective is disallowed with a foul on Moises Caicedo within the build-up 🎥 pic.twitter.com/I3FH85RpKO
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Liverpool vs Everton ‘completely different with Gillett’
“Final night time, all of us sat on our couches, noticed one replay and stated ‘oh my god’,” Postecoglou noticed of Tarkowski’s dreadful Eleventh-minute sort out on Mac Allister.
“Tonight, we sat there and waited for six minutes for one thing that, apparently, VAR official Jarred Gillett thought was clear and apparent. I assure you, if Jarred Gillett was the VAR final night time, we’d have gotten a unique final result.”
Tottenham fixtures
Each of Tottenham’s makes an attempt on track got here after the break in a sport that ensured solely the underside 4 have taken fewer factors than Postecoglou’s aspect from 30 league video games.
Their marketing campaign hinges on their Europa League quarter-final in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt, who’re third in Germany and go to London for the primary leg on April 10 (20:00 BST).
Spurs will search a primary league win in 5 video games after they host Southampton on Sunday (14:00 BST). They beat the rock-bottom side 5-0 away on December 15.
