{"id":294636,"date":"2023-10-01T00:35:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T00:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=294636"},"modified":"2023-10-01T00:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T00:35:11","slug":"former-liverpool-winger-babel-mocks-referee-after-var-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/former-liverpool-winger-babel-mocks-referee-after-var-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Liverpool winger Babel mocks referee after VAR controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Liverpool star Ryan Babel mocks referee Simon Hooper after Luis Diaz goal was wrongly disallowed with throwback to famous Howard Webb tweet<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Luis Diaz saw his goal disallowed against Spurs after a short VAR check\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Replays showed that he was onside, leaving Liverpool fans fumings\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A former player has taken to X to mock Howard Webb after the decision\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Liverpool player Ryan Babel has taken to social media to mock referee Simon Hooper following Luis Diaz&#8217;s controversial disallowed goal against Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>The Colombian had the ball in the back of the net as he thought he gave Liverpool the lead in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>However, the flag was up for offside and after a short VAR check, it was confirmed to be the correct decision.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, replays showed that Diaz was in fact onside and this led to a PGMOL statement confirming that there was &#8216;human error in the decision&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this, Hooper dismissed both Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota as Liverpool finished the match with nine-men.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/00\/76023965-12579831-image-m-41_1696115287075.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Babel has taken to social media to mock referee Simon Hooper after the Spurs clash<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/00\/76024107-12579831-image-a-42_1696115744283.jpg\" height=\"1013\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Liverpool winger posted a picture of Hooper in a Tottenham kit after the game<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/00\/76024121-12579831-image-a-43_1696115799088.jpg\" height=\"381\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Babel\u00a0faced an FA probe in 2011 for posting a picture of Howard Webb in a Man United kit<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>This did not go down well with Liverpool fans, and boss Jurgen Klopp, and now a former player has weighed in on the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Babel mocked referee Hooper for the decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Players of LFC should be allowed to post this picture tho&#8230;&#8217; he said, while posting a picture of Hooper in a Tottenham kit.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Babel has criticised a referee on social media, as he faced an FA probe back in 2011 for posting a similar picture of Howard Webb in a Man United kit.<\/p>\n<p>Babel posted a picture of Webb in a Manchester United kit on Twitter, captioned: &#8216;And they call him one of the best referees? That&#8217;s a joke. SMH.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And over a decade later, Babel attacked a referee for his performance against Liverpool once again.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Klopp fumed at the decision in his post-match press conference, stating:\u00a0&#8216;Nobody expects 100 per cent right decisions on field. I think we all thought when VAR came in, it might make things easier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know why people are acting under that much pressure. Today the decision was made really quickly for the goal. It changed the momentum of the game.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen as to whether Liverpool will be issued a formal apology after the statement on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12579831\/Liverpool-Ryan-Babel-Simon-Hooper-Howard-Webb-Luis-Diaz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Liverpool star Ryan Babel mocks referee Simon Hooper after Luis Diaz goal was wrongly disallowed with throwback to famous <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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