Premier League
release official VAR audio from Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal against Tottenham. Image: @LuisFDiaz19/twitter
EPL release official VAR audio from Diaz’s disallowed goal vs Spurs
Listen to the audio recording of the VAR discussion that led to Liverpool’s wrongly disallowed goal in the 2-1 defeat to Spurs.
Premier League
release official VAR audio from Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal against Tottenham. Image: @LuisFDiaz19/twitter
The Premier League has released the official VAR audio from Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal against Tottenham Hotspur.
The goal was incorrectly ruled offside but replays showed that the Liverpool striker was onside and the goal should have counted.
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Referees’ body PGMOL has provided the following information:
“As stated shortly after the full-time whistle on Saturday evening, we acknowledged in a statement that a significant human error had occurred during the aforementioned match, which we recognise should have resulted in a goal being awarded through VAR intervention.
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“As with all goal situations, the VAR team checked every aspect of the goal. After the on-field officials had disallowed the goal for offside, the checking phase and process started and was carried out correctly by the VAR. The kick-point selection was accurate and the use of a single 2D line on the foot of the second rear-most defender was also correctly positioned.
Listen to VAR audio below
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“The image created showed that Luis Diaz was clearly onside, without the need for the insertion of a second line. In a lapse of concentration and loss of focus in that moment, the VAR lost sight of the on-field decision and he incorrectly communicated “check complete”, therefore inadvertently confirming the on-field decision. He did this without any dialogue with the AVAR [Assistant VAR].
“The match then restarted immediately. After a few seconds, the Replay Operator and then the AVAR queried the check-complete outcome with the VAR and asked him to review the image that had been created, pointing out that the original on-field decision had been offside, but this was not communicated to the on-field team at any point during the match.
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“The VAR team then gave consideration as to whether the game could be stopped at that point, however the VAR and AVAR concluded that the VAR protocol within the Laws of the Game would not permit that to happen, and they decided intervention was not possible as play had restarted.
“PGMOL has carried out a review into the circumstances which led to this incorrect outcome and the subsequent learnings will be implemented to mitigate the risk of errors occurring in the future.”
