Football finance expert makes '£80m' claim over Liverpool VAR error

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Liverpool slipped to fourth in the Premier League after their defeat at Tottenham Hotspur

A football finance expert has claimed that Liverpool could miss out on £80 million if they fail to qualify for the Champions League - with points lost as the weekend potentially crucial.

Liverpool missed the chance to go top of the Premier League table after Manchester City's defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Joel Matip inadvertently fired beyond Alisson to hand Spurs the win to deny the nine-man Reds a point in North London.READ MORE: Liverpool analysis - Klopp sends clear Endo message as brutal new reality bites

"It's offset a bit by the Europa League, but £80million is the difference between qualifying for the Europa rather than the Champions League. "As far as the officials were concerned, the VAR decision was the right one, but you would imagine some kind of legal challenge. That legal challenge would involve multi-millions of pounds in unachieved revenue.

 

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