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Diogo Jota's wife Rute Cardoso has hit out at Premier League officials for 'rigging' Saturday game between Liverpool and Tottenham.
Cardoso was furious at referee Simon Hooper and the PGMOL for sending Jota off just 24 minutes after he had come on against Spurs.
She was also irritated by the red card shown to Curtis Jones and the fact Liverpool were denied an obvious goal after Luis Diaz was adjudged to be offside.
As a result, Cardoso took to social media to call out Hooper and the PGMOL for their decision-making on Saturday.
She shared a video of Jota's first foul on Destiny Udogie with a clown emoji and the PGMOL's statement with the words 'rigged game' crossed out.
Diogo Jota 's wife Rute Cardoso (pictured above) has hit out at Premier League officials for 'rigging' Saturday night's game between Liverpool and Tottenham
She shared a video of Jota's foul on Destiny Udogie with a clown emoji (left) and the PGMOL's statement with the words 'rigged game' crossed out (right)
Jota was shown his first yellow card in the 68 minute of the game after tripping Udogie up from behind as he looked to stop Spurs from countering.
However, in the replays it seems as though Udogie managed to trip himself up after feeling the pressure from the Portuguese forward - something Cardoso highlighted.
Nevertheless, the yellow card stood and Jota was forced to play on despite his objecting to Hooper's on-field decision.
But, things went from bad to worse for Jota in the 69 minute of the game when he was shown a second yellow card.
The 26-year-old was dispossessed by Udogie on the right-hand-side and tried to win it back by dangling his leg out.
However,
