Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he is changing his opinion on the use of VAR after a frustrating night in Denmark.
The Reds drew 1-1 with Midtjylland in their Group D dead-rubber after Mohamed Salah netted the club's quickest Champions League goal with just 55 seconds on the clock to break Steven Gerrard's goal-scoring record in the competition with his 22nd strike.
However, three second-half VAR decisions - one which awarded the hosts a penalty to equalise through Alexander Scholz, another which denied the Midtjylland goal-scorer a second and a third which chalked off what would have been a late winner for Takumi Minamino - affected the flow of the game.
"It just took too long. I think in the end, I didn't see it back, the decisions were right but it was so difficult. It took three or four minutes and it was cold for the boys," Klopp said.
"It is really hard and I could hear people saying 'oh my God'. It took really long and it was really cold, which doesn't help.
"I used to be one of the people who said VAR is a good idea - I'm really not sure if I would say that again to be honest. But now we have it."
Apart from the technical difficulties and a knee injury to Kostas Tsimikas, it was a night full of positives for Liverpool.
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