Premier League: Liverpool v Spurs VAR error officials not selected for weekend games

News Express |3rd Oct 2023 | 144
Premier League: Liverpool v Spurs VAR error officials not selected for weekend games

VAR referee Darren England




The video assistant referee officials involved in wrongly disallowing a goal for Liverpool at Tottenham have not been selected for this weekends Premier League games.

Darren England and assistant Dan Cook did not overrule on Saturday when Luis Diaz was wrongly flagged offside.

The Reds made a formal request on Monday to PGMOL to be sent the audio recordings between the match officials.

BBC Sport understands the club have now received them from the referees body.

The audio around the controversial decision at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is expected to be made public by PGMOL.

Liverpool will take the necessary time to review the recordings to better understand how the breakdown in communication happened.

The on-field referee from Saturdays game, Simon Hooper, will be the VAR official for Bournemouths trip to Everton.

Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official, will feature in two games.

Oliver will be VAR official for Lutons game against Tottenham on Saturday, before taking charge on the field for Arsenals game against Manchester City on Sunday.

England and Cook were stood down from duty for the rest of last weekend because of the mistake at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, described by referees governing body PGMOLs as a significant human error.

Liverpool, who went down to a 2-1 defeat, criticised PGMOLs response to the controversial incident, saying the explanation was unacceptable and sporting integrity has been undermined. (BBC)




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