The PGMOL admitted VAR officials Darren England and Dan Cook failed to act after Luis Diaz’s strike at Tottenham was wrongly ruled out for offside; both have been stood down for the latest round of Premier League fixtures as criticism of the official referees’ body intensifies
Referees Darren England and Dan Cook have been stood down for another round of Premier League fixtures amid the ongoing fallout from last weekend’s VAR controversy.
Criticism of referees’ body PGMOL has continued to intensify following a succession of controversial calls, which included Liverpool being denied a rightful goal in their defeat at Tottenham.
VAR officials England and Cook were originally replaced for two games after VAR wrongly disallowed Luis Diaz’ goal to give Liverpool a 1-0 lead on Saturday, but that has now been extended to a further round of fixtures.
Simon Hooper, the on-field referee at Tottenham, will however be the VAR official when Everton host Bournemouth this Saturday.
England was also due to referee Preston’s away game with Leicester in the Championship on Wednesday night, but has been replaced by Thomas Bramall.
PGMOL have committed to a full review after being forced to release a statement late on Saturday, which accepted the decision to disallow Luiz’s goal was the result of “significant human error”.
Liverpool have responded by saying “sporting integrity has been undermined” by the VAR mistake and have demanded the referee’s audio be released from the incident – which is yet to happen.
Source: skysports