Injury to Liverpool

The noise about forced changes in the way of refereeing surrounds the environment of English football. The fresh VAR fiasco in Saturday’s fierce match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has reignited debate over how clubs can collectively demand immediate reform. The match between Tottenham and Liverpool was overshadowed by a goal from Luis Diaz in the first half, it was wrongly ruled out for non-existent offside, with the score 0-0 and Liverpool playing with 10. The decision seriously changed the final result.

The VAR referee, Darren England, This time he was unable or unwilling to overturn the decision, something that was not made clear, after replays showed that Diaz is in the right position. The match would lead to a heavy defeat for Liverpool, leading to relegations to Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota and that, with the nine, he fought as long as he could, but would be defeated at the time of injury, with a painful aim from Steep own goal, which further dramatized the obvious damage suffered by the ‘red’ club

After this new VAR decision, Liverpool’s reaction has been, so far, lukewarm, stating that it will explore “the range of available options.” An ambiguous message about his deep dissatisfaction. Later it was found out England, the VAR referee, was part of a team of English referees who refereed a league match in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, so this could represent a conflict of interest for good preparation. Faced with such blatant injustice, Liverpool’s protest maintained its forms, while legitimizing itself to organize a request for changes from all clubs in a group of referees that did not reach the standard of the championship.

The situation in the English arbitration he manages is not new Howard Webb. Last season, two more serious errors in the application of VAR technology, due to offsides that were also not applied correctly, then damaged Arsenal, who lost by two points, against Brentford, and also against Brighton, who also lost another legal goal to give them victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. On those occasions, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) also covered up the refereeing crisis by publicly acknowledging and accepting the mistakes and wanting to introduce changes to prevent them from happening again. As seen, the shortcomings in the application of the video refereeing system remain uncorrected and seriously hamper the English championship.

The refereeing team acknowledged they had made a “significant human error” and changed some party assignments, removing those affected by the error. Although it cannot be certain that the final result, without the disallowed goal, would have been different for the team of Jurgen Klopp It is imperative that, to bury any hint of doubt or deliberate failure, the referees publish audio of conversation exchanges, including with the VAR team, to support the decision. If the correction is realistic, total transparency should also be credible for the sake of a fully deserved championship in the lauded Premier.