EPL: More controversy as VAR believed Luis Diaz goal vs Tottenham had been awarded

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) mistook the on-field judgement to award Luis Diaz’s goal for Liverpool at Tottenham.

Darren England, who was on VAR duty at the time, then ordered the referee to stick with the on-field judgement, oblivious to the fact that the goal had been mistakenly disallowed for offside.

The PGMOL has since apologised, citing that when Diaz’s strike was ruled out, “a significant human error occurred” and that “this was a clear and obvious factual error that should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention.”

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England was initially thought to have failed to examine whether a Spurs defender had played Diaz onside by drawing on-screen lines.

However, it has since been revealed that the VAR wrongly believed the on-field ruling was that a goal had been awarded, when in fact it had not.

This resulted in England, although recognising Diaz was onside, conveying a message of ‘check complete’ and the goal being ruled out.

Tottenham went on to defeat Liverpool thanks to a last-minute own goal scored by Joel Matip.