Liverpool have released a statement on the VAR failure and are clarifying their demands
Liverpool released a statement on Sunday night after 24 hours of controversy in which PGMOL admitted that “human error” was to blame for the VAR failures against Spurs.
Referee Simon Hooper showed Diogo Jota a red card which Liverpool could not appeal. But the sending off of Curtis Jones was more controversial. Referee Simon Hooper showed Diogo Jota a red card which Liverpool could not appeal. But the sending off of Curtis Jones was more controversial.
Liverpool have called the explanation for the wrong decision to disallow Luis Diaz’s goal at Tottenham Hotspur “unacceptable” and believe the incident damaged the integrity of the sport. The Reds took the unusual step of releasing a statement in response to the ongoing outrage surrounding their 2-1 Premier League defeat to the Londoners on Saturday night.
PGMOL confirmed after the game that Diaz’s goal was wrongly ruled out for offside as the goal was still scored in the first half due to human error by VAR Darren England and his assistant Dan Cook.
The ECHO understands PGMOL boss Howard Webb apologized to the club for the disallowed goal after the final whistle and the incident is currently under review.
But while the Reds admit that the circumstances are completely unprecedented, they are not happy with the justification of the error and see it as a situation where, due to a failure of VAR protocols, the laws of the game were not applied and the correct result was. reached
In a statement on their website on Sunday night, the club said: “Liverpool Football Club acknowledges the failure of PGMOL last night. It is clear that the laws of the game were not applied correctly, which led to the deterioration of sporting integrity.
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“We fully accept the pressures under which the relevant officials work, but the existence and implementation of VAR should ease that pressure, not add to it.
“That is why it is not satisfactory that there was not enough time to take the right decision and that there was no subsequent intervention.
“It is also unacceptable that such errors
are already classified as ‘significant
human error’. Any results should only be
determined by review and with full
transparency.” “This is vital to the
credibility of any future decision as it
applies to all clubs whose expertise will
be used to improve processes to ensure
this does not happen again.
“In the meantime, we are exploring the
available options because we have a clear
need to move forward and resolve.”
Liverpool are understood to want any
review to focus not only on the disallowed
goal, but also wider issues such as the
process and use of VAR and, in this case,
wider concerns about the appointment
process of the match officials.
It was revealed on Sunday that England and
Cook were part of the refereeing panel that
operated in the United Arab Emirates two
days earlier, with England assisting VAR and
Cook in the match between Sharjah and Al
Ain last Thursday.
The pair stepped down from their
remaining Premier League duties at the
weekend after being linked with a row at
Tottenham.
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