Moss appears to admit he had 'no idea' if Lovren touched the ball. 

Fascinating footage has emerged of the moment Jon Moss appeared to concede he had 'no idea' whether to award a late penalty to Tottenham at Anfield.

Replays showed the referee was correct to eventually give the spot-kick - which was then saved by Liverpool keeper Loris Karius  - but a conversation between the official and his assistant revealed the dilemma leading up to the incident.

There was confusion over whether Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren had touched the ball, muddying whether the decision should be offside or a penalty.

Moss had originally given the penalty before asking for assistance from his linesman, but the intriguing footage reveals that neither man is sure of the answer.

Following a short conversation between the pair, Moss appears to say to Eddie Smart: 'I have no idea if Lovren touched the ball or not.'

He then touches his earpiece to speak to fourth official Martin Atkinson, asking if he 'had anything', but then immediately decides to award the spot-kick.

Moss can be seen turning to Smart to say, 'I'm giving the penalty, mate', before walking back to the area to restart the match.

Kane went on to miss the spot-kick, but later had the last laugh as a second penalty was awarded in stoppage time, which the England man tucked away.

The enthralling game at Anfield ended 2-2 after a flurry of late goals, leaving Liverpool third and Tottenham fifth in the Premier League table.

In the Sky Sports studio after the match, pundit Jamie Carragher admitted he thought the decision to award the first penalty was the correct one.

'Harry Kane is offside but Lovren touches the ball. I think it is just a penalty. Now the linesman can't see Lovren has touched that ball.

'The right decision was made. Probably that incident sums up Lovren as a footballer. He had a great game and has let himself down with a stupid mistake.'

Virgil van Dijk was the man to give away the second penalty in the dying embers of the match, which Kane tucked away to secure his 100th Premier League goal.

Carragher was disappointed with the Reds' £75million man in the build-up to the foul.

'I said in here [the studio], when the throw in came in that Van Dijk had to win that header. If you win that header, the game is over.

'The penalty he gives away, I can feel for him in some ways because he just doesn't see the man and thinks he's going to volley it away. A man appears and we've all done it in different parts of the pitch.

'I was probably more disappointed that he didn't win the towering header and head it back where it came from.