ANDand it match on 30 September, a goal was canceled out in an unusual way against Liverpool, during a visit to Tottenham Hotspur. When Luis Díaz started clearly and finished with quality to make it 0-1. But what looked like a normal VAR review, which should have ended with a score, ended in a cancellation that hours later began to reveal details and irregularities.

As soon as the game ends, It ended in misery with the score at 2-1 for the hosts and two players sent off for the Reds.one arrived an apology from PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Limited) in which they accepted that the error was decisive. However, there has been no explanation as to what happened, whether it was human error, technology error, communication error or something clearer.

“PGMOL admits that There was a big mistake in the first half of Tottenham-Liverpool. Luis Díaz’s goal was disallowed for offside by the field referee. It was a clear and obvious mistake, it should have been a goal with VAR intervention. However, he did not intervene.”

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An unusual explanation of Luis Díaz’s stolen goal at Tottenham vs. Liverpool

Usually, disallowed goal play cannot be officially called a goal, as it is not recorded on the scoreboard. However, Díaz’s case was deemed to be a goal that should have happened and was not awarded irregularly and Liverpool also took it after finding out the reasons for the error by members of the refereeing team and VAR.

Based on Dale Johnson, ESPN’s editor in England, knew that in the video referee’s room they were reviewing the previous game and it wasn’t Luis Díaz who was deemed out of place. After that, they marked the line and it was discovered that the Colombian was clearly eligible, but they pointed out that they never knew that the assistant referee had raised the flag to rule out of place.

That is why, From the VAR room they indicated that “complete verification” had been carried out. and they can continue the game. But because they never knew that the linesman had spotted a possible offside by Díaz, they assumed that the action would restart with a serve from the center.

Meanwhile, referee team on the field of play, waiting for an answer about offside and, receiving permission to continue, they acted according to their beliefs and that is why Tottenham took an indirect free kick, keeping the score at 0-0.

Etc, the lines are not visible in the air, in the match transmissionand they only meet on social networks and other media when the game is over.

This was reported by journalists of the international network in a thread on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter):

“The VAR, Darren England flagged offside thinking the on-field decision was a ‘goal’. It was a quick offside check as it was clear that Díaz was in an onside position, so he told the referee ‘full check’. By telling the referee ‘full verification’, you are saying that the decision on the field was correct…
The lines have been drawn and Diaz is clearly in play. The big mistake, truly extraordinary, is not properly understanding the decisions on the field“

Liverpool requested VAR audio to verify what happened against Tottenham

Accepting that there were wrong decisions and Luis Díaz is not out of lineThe subsequent explanation from PGMOL, without explaining what the failure was and why they took that decision, and based on the revelations of the ESPN UK editor, led Liverpool to openly ask for a detailed explanation.

In their official statement, they stated that they understood this “the pressure under which referees work”but they don’t consider that this is increasing and worsening because “for the existence and application of VAR”.

And in the next paragraph, after condemning the fact that Luis Díaz’s game was not properly reviewed and verified, the red club loudly protested:

“It is unacceptable that such failures have been categorized as ‘gross human error’. Any results must be determined only through review and full transparency“

And they ended the communication with a description of what will happen regarding this scandalous case: “We will explore the various options available, keeping in mind the clear need for scale and resolution”.

Why is Manchester City being talked about in the VAR scandal between Tottenham and Liverpool?

Hours later, Sky Sports reported that Liverpool had submitted a request for a conversation between the referee and VAR in a match that should have ended with a goal from Luis Díaz: “Liverpool have officially asked PGMOL to provide audio conversations between referees from Saturday’s defeat against Tottenham”.

But what’s strange is that Distrust does not arise without controversy and this can be considered a huge scandalbecause they remembered that VAR members had been in the United Arab Emirates a few days earlier to referee a match in that country’s league.

The issue is not just travel and what its implications are for time changes and other impacts, it is mentioned as well Manchester City belongs to Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and this sheikh was also a member of the government in his countryhas ties to multinational sporting events and broadcasting companies, in addition to being an important character in the Emirates league.

How Manchester City became leaders of the Premier League due to Liverpool’s defeat to Tottenhamtaking two points in the standings, they inevitably attribute the presence of VAR members in the country of the team led by Josep Guardiola:

“VAR officers Darren England and Dan Cook refereed the match in the United Arab Emirates 48 hours before the match between Spurs and Liverpool, reports Paul Joyce”

Facing all the scandals, The England refereeing organization has taken the decision to replace Darren England and Dan Cook from matches where they were assigned to serve as VAR and AVAR over the next few days.