Cristian Romero wouldn’t have been despatched off in Tottenham‘s 2-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool if referee John Brooks “did his job” correctly, says Spurs supervisor Thomas Frank.

Tottenham had been diminished to 10 males within the first half after a VAR intervention when Xavi Simons was dismissed for a foul on Virgil van Dijk.

Nevertheless, the hosts fought again and diminished the deficit late on by way of substitute Richarlison.

Regardless of being a person down, Tottenham had been properly on high in stoppage time and chasing an equaliser when their captain Romero obtained a second yellow card for a petulant kick out at Ibrahima Konate.

Romero’s first reserving got here for dissent within the aftermath of Liverpool‘s second aim, with the Argentine feeling Hugo Ekitike had pushed him within the again as he headed in.

“There’s a large mistake by John [Brooks] on the pitch. Two fingers on the again by Ekitike,” stated Frank.

“I do not perceive how he did not see it. OK. Fortunately we have now VAR so they are going to bail you out if you want it, which they did not. That was the second mistake.

“I believe in case you return to that [second Liverpool goal] and the referee did his job, then I believe it could not have been a primary yellow [for Romero]. Is that honest to say?

“I’ve a participant that’s extraordinarily passionate, and you probably have a passionate participant then you’ll want to go to the road typically.”

In a submit on X, the Premier League match centre,, exterior stated: “The referee’s name of aim for Liverpool was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed there was regular contact for an aerial problem between Ekitike and Romero.”

Spurs can take numerous positives from combating again with a numerical drawback in opposition to final time period’s champions, nonetheless the consequence leaves Frank’s facet thirteenth within the desk.

Tottenham‘s 11 dwelling league defeats in 2025 are additionally their most in a calendar 12 months – and the very fact 5 of these have come beneath the Dane, who took over from Ange Postecoglou in the summertime, will place additional scrutiny over his reign.