{"id":294883,"date":"2023-10-03T13:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=294883"},"modified":"2023-10-03T13:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:25:33","slug":"liverpool-to-be-sent-audio-from-var-controversy-before-it-is-released-publicly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/liverpool-to-be-sent-audio-from-var-controversy-before-it-is-released-publicly\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool to be sent audio from VAR controversy before it is released publicly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liverpool will be sent the audio from Saturday\u2019s offside controversy at Tottenham first before it is released publicly, the PA news agency understands.<\/p>\n
The club are understood to have requested the audio related to the \u201csignificant human error\u201d which led to Luis Diaz\u2019s goal against Spurs being disallowed, having released a statement on Sunday saying they would explore their options given the \u201cclear need for escalation and resolution\u201d.<\/p>\n
PA understands the goal was not given due to a miscommunication between VAR Darren England and the on-field referee Simon Hooper.<\/p>\n
Professional Game Match Officials Limited is understood to have always been keen to release the audio in a bid to provide transparency, and that first and foremost it must go to Liverpool.<\/p>\n
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The organisation has not ruled out either airing the audio in the next \u2018Match Officials: Mic\u2019d Up\u2019 programme which is scheduled for Monday next week, or possibly sooner than that.<\/p>\n
England and his assistant VAR, Daniel Cook, have not been included among the officials for duty in the coming weekend\u2019s Premier League fixtures.<\/p>\n
The pair had already been replaced for the remainder of their Matchweek Seven duties \u2013 England was due to be fourth official at Nottingham Forest v Brentford on Sunday, with Cook scheduled to be assistant referee for Monday\u2019s Fulham-Chelsea clash.<\/p>\n
PGMOL is currently conducting a review of Saturday\u2019s incident.<\/p>\n
Hooper and his assistants had given offside against Diaz on the field, and the PA news agency understands that although England followed the correct procedure in drawing lines, he lost focus and mistakenly thought the initial on-field decision had been onside.<\/p>\n
This resulted in him issuing a \u2018check complete\u2019 notice to Hooper, rather than advising of an intervention and the goal being awarded.<\/p>\n
Once the officials realised an error had been made, play had restarted and VAR protocols state that once that has happened, there is no way back to revisit a decision.<\/p>\n