VAR Darren England has been criticized for his “critical lack of concentration”.
Luis Diaz’s first-half strike against Spurs was wrongly ruled out for offside
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PGMOL assessment of Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal harsh on VAR Darren England, who said he rushed into a routine situation favoring “efficiency” over “accuracy” before “inexplicably” robbing Liverpool of the opener at Tottenham.
England bear most of the blame in a VAR incident review document – while also criticizing his assistant Dan Cook for a basic lack of communication – which PGMOL sent to the Premier League but did not publish. Although fans were furious about the “corruption”, the tape dispelled the idea and instead showed what PGMOL admitted was “significant human error”.
They say in a review seen by Mail Sport that the error was due to “a critical lapse of concentration and an obvious lack of concentration … by one of the match officials who inexplicably saw him ‘review’ the wrong fielding decision.”
The report highlights five “key learnings” from England and Cook’s performance in Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat at Stockley Park, stating:
Luis Diaz opened the first half against Tottenham and was wrongly dismissed on Saturday.
Luis Diaz opened the first half against Tottenham and was wrongly dismissed on Saturday.
Darren England bears most of the blame in the PGMOL incident review
Darren England bears most of the blame in the PGMOL incident review
The lines drawn by the VAR operators showed that the Tottenham defender played Luis Diaz.
The lines drawn by the VAR operators showed that the Tottenham defender played Luis Diaz.
1) The situation was caused by a failure of video officials to follow the correct guidelines, which state that “the need for efficiency is emphasized, but never at the expense of accuracy.” The review says: “There was no need for VAR to rush through this routine.”
2) Referees are instructed to “state very clearly every time what the decision is on the field”. For example, referee Simon Hooper should have explained that for England and Cook, “a decision on the field is a disallowed goal for offside”.
3) VARs are reminded to repeat the original on-site decision at the start of reviews. 4) VAR is encouraged to communicate better with his assistants because if England had communicated with Cook it would have “discovered the mistakes in the direction he was going and thus given AVAR the opportunity to intervene”.
5) The VARs will check the final decision with their assistants before confirming the result to the referee by simply saying “offside goal confirmed, review completed” instead of “review completed”. The review was sent to the Premier League and shared with Liverpool and the other 19 clubs before PGMOL published audio of the conversation between Hooper, England and Cook. The footage revealed how the video referees froze under the pressure and went into four-star panic when they realized Diaz’s goal should have stood to give Liverpool a 1-0 lead.
Tottenham restarted the game with a free-kick after England told Hooper “check finished”. If that happened, the Laws of the Game would not allow VAR to step in to correct the call and award Liverpool’s opener, forcing England to hear “I can’t do anything, I can’t do anything, f** *” . loud voice
The audio was released for a VAR review, which confirmed that the decision had indeed been made and not an offside called during the game.
due to a communication breakdown, VAR did not know that the throw-in call was offside
Realizing they couldn’t stop the game and get back to the right decision, England were heard to say “Oh shit”
It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different approach to Premier League football. Referee chiefs criticize VAR Darren England for his “critical lack of concentration”. They say he “incomprehensibly prioritized efficiency over accuracy” while cursing Liverpool’s farcical goal disallowance.
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