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Last Updated: October 17, 2023, 17:12 IST
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Officials Darren England and Dan Cook were replaced for two matches that same weekend, before being excluded from the previous round of games.
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) officials involved when Liverpool were wrongly denied a goal in last month’s 2-1 Premier League loss at Tottenham Hotspur will return for this weekend’s fixtures.
Officials Darren England and Dan Cook were replaced for two matches that same weekend, before being excluded from the previous round of games.
England will be the fourth official for Brentford’s home game against Burnley, while Cook will serve as an assistant referee for Manchester United match at Sheffield United.
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The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) admitted that VAR got the offside decision wrong when Luis Diaz scored what should have been the opening goal in a 2-1 loss for the Anfield side.
Diaz was onside but PGMOL said the goal was chalked off as VAR had “lost sight of the on-field decision” and incorrectly communicated “check complete”.
“Having seen what happened in Spurs vs Liverpool we analysed the situation, we had a look at what we can do better to put some safeguards in place,” Webb told Match Officials: Mic’d Up.
“We worked hard over the subsequent days to look at what we needed to do to put in those safeguards around the communication to avoid that sort of thing happening.”
When asked why the referee could not stop the game after play had restarted, Webb said that by the time the VAR and his assistant had realised the mistake it was too late to intervene.
“They recognised that the laws of the game, set by FIFA and the (soccer’s rule making body) IFAB, doesn’t allow that,” Webb added.
“There’s obviously a process in place that sits in the laws of the game… And it doesn’t allow you to go back in those circumstances.”
Changes implemented as a result include improved communication between Video Assistant Referees.
It also said it would reiterate that the speed of decision-making must not be at the expense of accuracy.
PGMOL released audio of the decision-making process when VAR Darren England failed to award Diaz’s first half strike.
Liverpool would have moved to the top of the Premier League with a win against Tottenham. Afterward the club raised questions about “sporting integrity” as a result of the error.
The club had issued a statement saying it would “explore the range of options available given the clear need for escalation and resolution.”
(With inputss from Agencies)
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