‘Oh f**k’: Moment Reds were robbed in VAR debacle as shocking new audio revealed
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British refereeing chiefs have made public VAR audio of the decision that saw Liverpool striker Luis Diaz mistakenly score a goal in Reds' controversial defeat at Tottenham. VAR official Darren England and his assistant Daniel Cook did not rule out incorrect offside call on the field after Diaz scored opener of Saturday's Premier League match in north London. Liverpool lost 2-1 and Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota were sent off as their unbeaten start to the season came to an end. Read full text at the bottom of page! Professional Game Match Authors Limited has issued a statement admitting that a "significant human error" led to the incorrect decision being made. But Liverpool were furious over the blunder and said in a statement on Sunday that they would explore their options given the "clear need for escalation and resolution". PGMOL provided the Premier League with a detailed report alongside the audio recordings, which was shared with Liverpool and 19 other top-flight clubs. The audio reveals a conversation between VAR officials who initially thought they had made right decision to disallow the goal and only realized their mistake after match restarted. The judging panel said on Tuesday that "standards fell short of expectations" and identified three key learnings "to reduce the risk of future errors". They will emphasize to video match officials importance of accuracy over efficiency and "a new VAR communication protocol will be developed to improve clarity of communication between referee and VAR team regarding on-field decisions". "As an additional step in process, VAR will confirm outcome of VAR check process with AVAR before confirming final decision to field officials," statement said. "We know standards fell short of expectations and admitted the fault to Liverpool immediately after the fixture concluded." Reds, City and United suffer heartbreaking losses0311 - 'Systemic weaknesses' England and Cook were not among the officials who will take part in the Premier League matches to be played next weekend. The duo had already been swapped for the remainder of the matchweek's seven assignments. England will be the fourth official against Brentford at Nottingham Forest on Sunday, and Cook was scheduled to be the assistant referee for Monday's Fulham-Chelsea match. Premier League managers have admitted that human error and systemic weaknesses contributed to the costly blunder. Calling for "higher standards" in VAR decision-making process, a Premier League spokesman said "Having reviewed all footage of disallowed Luis Diaz goal in Tottenham Hotspur FC v Liverpool FC match on Saturday and PGMOL report on incident, we are convinced that this decision was made through VAR process." It is clear that there are not only human errors but also systemic weaknesses. “We accept PGMOL's urgent recommendations to ensure that such failures are not repeated in the future. “However, a
British refereeing chiefs have made public VAR audio of the decision that saw Liverpool striker Luis Diaz mistakenly score a goal in Reds' controversial defeat at Tottenham. VAR official Darren England and his assistant Daniel Cook did not rule out incorrect offside call on the field after Diaz scored opener of Saturday's Premier League match in north London. Liverpool lost 2-1 and Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota were sent off as their unbeaten start to the season came to an end. Read full text at the bottom of page! Professional Game Match Authors Limited has issued a statement admitting that a "significant human error" led to the incorrect decision being made. But Liverpool were furious over the blunder and said in a statement on Sunday that they would explore their options given the "clear need for escalation and resolution". PGMOL provided the Premier League with a detailed report alongside the audio recordings, which was shared with Liverpool and 19 other top-flight clubs. The audio reveals a conversation between VAR officials who initially thought they had made right decision to disallow the goal and only realized their mistake after match restarted. The judging panel said on Tuesday that "standards fell short of expectations" and identified three key learnings "to reduce the risk of future errors". They will emphasize to video match officials importance of accuracy over efficiency and "a new VAR communication protocol will be developed to improve clarity of communication between referee and VAR team regarding on-field decisions". "As an additional step in process, VAR will confirm outcome of VAR check process with AVAR before confirming final decision to field officials," statement said. "We know standards fell short of expectations and admitted the fault to Liverpool immediately after the fixture concluded." Reds, City and United suffer heartbreaking losses0311 - 'Systemic weaknesses' England and Cook were not among the officials who will take part in the Premier League matches to be played next weekend. The duo had already been swapped for the remainder of the matchweek's seven assignments. England will be the fourth official against Brentford at Nottingham Forest on Sunday, and Cook was scheduled to be the assistant referee for Monday's Fulham-Chelsea match. Premier League managers have admitted that human error and systemic weaknesses contributed to the costly blunder. Calling for "higher standards" in VAR decision-making process, a Premier League spokesman said "Having reviewed all footage of disallowed Luis Diaz goal in Tottenham Hotspur FC v Liverpool FC match on Saturday and PGMOL report on incident, we are convinced that this decision was made through VAR process." It is clear that there are not only human errors but also systemic weaknesses. “We accept PGMOL's urgent recommendations to ensure that such failures are not repeated in the future. “However, a