Liverpool legend John Aldridge has joined the calls for VAR to be dumped.

Writing for the Sunday World, Aldridge said: "The joy has been stripped out of football by VAR technology and I believe the time has come to get rid of it.

"This is not a bitter Liverpool man speaking after Brighton were given a joke of a last-minute penalty to take a point in a 1-1 draw at the AMEX Stadium yesterday.

"No, this is a football fan looking at the game we all love and questioning whether we are enjoying it any more.

"When your team scores a goal, the natural reaction is to jump up and celebrate, but we can't do that any more – and it breaks my heart to see it.

"Liverpool have come out on the wrong end of virtually every VAR decision this season, and the same pattern continued yesterday as two goals were ruled out by video reviews, followed by Brighton being awarded a last-gasp penalty."