The referee still retains the support of PGMOL chief Howard Webb.
The 37-year-old was on VAR duty for Saturday’s evening kick-off and mistakenly disallowed Luis Diaz’s opening goal in Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat despite identifying that the Colombian was onside.in which England wrongly thought the on-field call had been onside, so said ‘check complete’ to confirm the goal – but the on-field team interpreted that as offside.
The error has prompted PGMOL to improve and refine the VAR process and lines of communication – though that has not been good enough for Jurgen Klopp They also will not officiate in any capacity in the Premier League this coming weekend, while England was stood down from refereeing Leicester’s clash with Preston on Wednesday.After a couple of weeks out of the limelight during the international break, England is expected to be involved in matchday nine of the Premier League.
In this instance, however, he is understood to feel that it would be unwise to place England in charge of matches involving Liverpool – either as the on-pitch referee or VAR – any time soon.
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