'I am sick' - Jamie Carragher highlights new VAR issue after Liverpool make Curtis Jones decision

Jamie Carragher insists he has "sympathy" for Curtis Jones after the midfielder was sent off in Liverpool's 2-1 defeat at Tottenham

Jones was initially shown a yellow card for a challenge on Spurs midfielder Bissouma.

However, referee Simon Hooper was quickly advised to review his decision on the pitch-side monitor after input from VAReferees Darren England and Dan Cook

After being shown a slow-motion replay of the tackle, Hooper upgraded his initial yellow card to red and Jones was sent off.

Liverpool will likely appeal the dismissal to the Football Association in the hope of getting the red card rescinded

Carragher admitted he has a "big problem" with the way in which Hooper was advised to review the decision

Carragher

"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.

"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. 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."

Carragher added:

"If you stop it, right away now he has got his eye on the ball and can see where (Yves) 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."