Liverpool to appeal Curtis Jones’ red card in Tottenham defeat

Liverpool will appeal the red card shown to Curtis Jones during their controversial defeat to Tottenham on Saturday.

The midfielder was shown a straight red card after just 26 minutes for a challenge on Spurs star Yves Bissouma in the 2-1 defeat with Diogo Jota also sent off later on.

Jones’ challenge

Jones’ studs made contract with the Mali international but the decision to send off the 22-year-old divided opinion on the night with former Manchester United captain Gary Neville condemning the decision.

Jones was initially shown a yellow card for the challenge but referee Simon Hooper upgraded that to a red following a VAR check, advised to review the challenge on the pitch-side monitor by Darren England.

Ban and appeal

Jones is set to serve a three-match ban, ruling him out of Premier League games against Brighton, Everton and Nottingham Forest. Liverpool however intent to appeal that decision and have it overturned.

The Reds successfully saw a red card shown to Alexis Mac Allister in a match against Bournemouth in August overturned and will hope for a similar outcome.

Klopp’s reaction

Jurgen Klopp said of the red card decision: ‘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.’

Controversy of the night

On a controversial night in north London, Liverpool were left furious by the decision to disallow Luis Diaz’s first-half goal with the PGMOL releasing a statement shortly after full-time claiming the goal should have stood.