What are the details of the conversation between the referee and the VAR referees regarding the disallowed goal for Liverpool against Tottenham?
The English Football Association has released a video of the conversation between the head referee of last Saturday’s match between Tottenham and Liverpool in the seventh round of the Premier League, resulting in sensational details.
Liverpool’s leading goal by Luis Diaz was disallowed by the referee for offside after a return to video technology.
But replays showed no foul, prompting the Reds to protest formally and book the match, especially as Tottenham won the match 2-1 and handed the Merseyside side their first defeat in the league this season. .
The English FA released a video clip of a conversation between chief umpire Simon Hooper, fourth umpire Michael Oliver, Darren England and his assistant video umpire Dan Cook.
The video assistant referee confirmed there was no foul at first between Mohamed Salah and De Van, then focused on the offside shot.
After a discussion between the video referee and the technical officer, the video referee declared the shot offside to choose the best angle and determine the lines.
But Dan Cook quickly backtracked and told the video referee that there had been a mistake and the ball was not offside.
The technical official tried to stop the match and asked the fourth official to do so, but play continued on an offside basis and the goal could not be awarded.
Notably, the match witnessed two dismissals against Liverpool, including Kurt Jones and Diogo Jota.
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