DON’T GO SO POTTY OVER REF MISTAKES

GRAHAM POTTER says he will continue to support VAR, no matter how bitterly it’s opposed by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

But the Brighton boss, whose side were beaten by Southampton on Monday because of a VAR-awarded penalty, says the controversial new technology will NOT prevent mistakes.

Liverpool boss Klopp (right) said he is running out of patience with

VAR but Potter insists he will carry on backing it, even though he e was firmly against t its introduction.

The Seagulls boss said: “I have been against VAR. I was against it before it came in. But there was such a push within football for technology.

“It was as if technology would solve all our problems. And once football makes that decision I have a responsibility to support it.

“But it’s still two human beings, the referee on the pitch and the one in the control room.

“Just because you’ve been a good referee on the ground doesn’t mean you’re going to be a good referee in the VAR room.

“What do we expect? Do we expect everything to be perfect from the start? There was a long cry for the use of technology. Now all of a sudden we don’t want it any more?”

Potter (above) believes Southampton’s penalty, given for a foul by Solly March on Kyle WalkerPeters that many felt was outside the area, was “an incorrec incorrect decision.”

B But he said: “T “There seems to be a need to get the decisions right all the time. I hear the word ‘c ‘consistent’ a lot. But it’s hard for human beings to be consistent.

“And even if we got all the decisions correct, I don’t think that would make the game any better. It sounds strange, but football is a game of mistakes. It’s 90 minutes and you might only score one goal. So by definition you’ve made a lot of mistakes. And so do refs.

“But for some reason we don’t like that and we don’t respect that. We want to make it so that they get it right all the time. We want technology to fix all our problems.”