Due to ongoing controversy, the VAR officials who made the error in Liverpool were not chosen.
Dan Cook and Darren England were not chosen to play in the Premier League this weekend.
The VAR referees who significantly erred during Liverpool’s Premier League loss to Tottenham on Saturday have been removed from their positions for the upcoming round of games.
On-field referee Simon Hooper and his assistant officials initially disallowed Luis Diaz’s goal for offside, but referees Darren England and Dan Cook failed to overturn the decision.
England and Cook were then replaced from the games between Chelsea and Fulham on Monday night and the encounter between Nottingham Forest and Brentford on Sunday, and neither official was given a Premier League match this weekend.
After serving as the fourth official for Chelsea’s victory over Fulham in Monday’s west London derby, referee Hooper will be the lead VAR for Everton’s game against Bournemouth on Saturday.
It comes after Liverpool issued an extraordinary statement claiming they will “explore a range of options” in response to the error, saying they would “receive the audio recording between the VAR officials in the 2-1 loss at Tottenham.”
After the game, the officials’ organization PGMOL acknowledged that a “significant human error” had occurred, and the chief of referees Howard Webb apologized to Liverpool.
Later, it was revealed that England and Cook had presided over a game in the United Arab Emirates during the middle of the week and had only taken the six-hour trip back to London the day before Liverpool’s game against Tottenham.
The PGMOL chief Webb allowed an approach from the UAE Pro League to the Football Association, which had no impact on their ability to be selected for Premier League games.
Liverpool has demanded a thorough investigation into what happened and is urging the Premier League and PGMOL to make the audio recording of the incident public.
Although it was discussed while watching Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football program, The Independent decided against publishing the audio.
Liverpool’s statement stated, “Any and all outcomes should be established only by the review and with full transparency.”
This is crucial for the validity of decisions made in the future because it pertains to all clubs and the lessons learned will be applied to better processes to ensure situations like this won’t happen again.
“In the meantime, we will explore the range of options available, given the clear need for escalation and resolution.
Read Next: Following the release of audio from the VAR error that saw the Liverpool forward’s strike against Tottenham incorrectly disallowed for offside, Paddy Power will honor bets on Luis Diaz.
After PGMOL released audio from the VAR gaffe that resulted in the Liverpool forward’s goal at Tottenham being incorrectly disallowed for offside, Paddy Power promised to honor bets on Luis Diaz.
The bookmaker says it will pay out on bets made online and in-store on Diaz to be 1st/anytime goalscorer, score or assist, have 1 + shot on target, have 3 + shots and score or be shown a card on Saturday.
‘After hearing the audio loud and clear from Saturday’s s***show at Spurs – presumably unlike those on the pitch – we’ve stepped in to pay up on Luis Diaz,’ a Paddy Power representative said.
On Wednesday, the audio recording of the conversation between the match officials that resulted in the incorrect disallowance of Luis Diaz’s goal was made public.
In the clip, VAR Darren England is heard cursing twice after learning of his error.
England and his deputy Daniel Cook did not overturn the mistakenly made judgement that Diaz was offside on the field after scoring in the first half of Liverpool’s 2-1 loss to Tottenham on Saturday.
Liverpool asked for a recording of what happened and Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) has taken the step to publicly release the communication into how the bungled verdict was reached.
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