With their side trailing at Stamford Bridge, the Tottenham fans chanted “you don’t know what you’re doing” after booing Postecoglou’s decision to replace Lucas Bergvall with Sarr in the 65th minute.
But Postecoglou turned towards them and cupped his ear when Sarr appeared to have levelled, before the goal was ruled out following a VAR review for a foul by Sarr on Moises Caicedo in the build-up.
Addressing that incident, Postecoglou said: “I made a mistake last night in that I celebrated a goal.
“Since VAR came in here, there were four or five incidents in Scotland and I thought I am not really going to celebrate goals.
“I just felt we needed something. Cracking goal from Pape, I heard the fans weren’t happy and I felt the need to celebrate and it could be a real momentum shift to finish strong.
“My mistake was celebrating a goal, VAR defeated me, I won’t be doing that again.”
Postecoglou said VAR was “killing the game” in his post-match interview.
The two VAR incidents on Thursday evening took just under eight minutes to resolve, leading to 12 minutes being added on at the end of the match.
Caicedo’s strike, disallowed for a marginal offside, took just under four minutes to resolve, while Sarr’s equaliser took over three minutes.
“There was 12 minutes of extra time yesterday, that’s not why VAR was brought in,” Postecoglou added on Friday.
“I am the lone voice. I don’t hear anyone else saying it. That’s why I am sat here and saying maybe I am disconnected. When I retire, I will probably watch less football and find another hobby.”
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