Jamie Carragher explains "big problem" with Curtis Jones red as Liverpool appeal

02 October 2023 , 20:05

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Jamie Carragher has defended Curtis Jones (Image: Sky Sports)

Jamie Carragher insists he's "sick of things being slowed down" and VAR replays MUST first be shown to refs at normal speed.

Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones was sent off during his team's 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on Saturday evening. Jones caught Yves Bissouma with his studs after a mistimed challenge, with a red card awarded after a VAR review. Jurgen Klopp's side have confirmed they will appeal Jones' dismissal.

VAR official Darren England advised referee Simon Hooper to analyse Jones' foul on the pitch-side monitor. England showed Hooper a slowed-down replay, and Carragher believes that made the Liverpudlian's tackle look worse than what it actually was.

Carragher analysed Jones' foul on Monday Night Football. The Liverpool legend believes on-field referees should be only be shown real-time replays on the pitch-side monitor so they can judge incidents as if they are happening in front of them again.

Carragher said: "I have got no problem with it being a red card - I would have liked to have seen it not given, not because of my Liverpool angle but I always think as a referee, can you keep it 11 vs 11 on the pitch. My big problem was what the referee was shown when he went to the VAR monitor and how he got to that decision.

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"I have said this for a while, but straight away with the first shot he has seen, people feel as though the referee is going to the monitor to have a second look at an incident - that does not happen, it is not true. What he is doing is he is being taken to the monitor to be shown why he has made a mistake. We have to get that in our heads about VAR.

Jones was sent off for this challenge (ASHLEY WESTERN/Colorsport/REX/Shutterstock)

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"That should not be the first shot, I don’t believe that. If the referee is going over to have a look, he should be shown the situation at full speed.

"I am sick of things being slowed down. This was the angle in full speed, watch this and when you watch it at full speed you know it’s a strong challenge, hence why the referee has given a yellow card. Then, you slow it down and get to the actual decision, with Curtis Jones I actually have a bit of sympathy for him.

"If you stop it, right away now he has got his eye on the ball and can see where Bissouma is. It’s all in really close proximity but when you are a player and you already have in your head what you are going to do, he just gets a slight tug of his shirt, it’s not a foul but it just stops him and pulls him back, hence why he has to stretch.

"If you stop it there, because of what I have said about the referee seeing the still image - if he had seen that one before the challenge, you might have a different thought process, but he could still send him off."

Tom Blow