The VAR audio from Luis Diaz's wrongly disallowed goal for Liverpool at Tottenham has been released by the PGMOL, revealing the replay operator was the only person to immediately spot the mistake and urge the officials to stop the game.
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Diaz was flagged offside after scoring but replays showed he was actually onside.
But Darren England, the VAR, mistakenly believed the on-field decision had been to award the goal, leading him to tell Simon Hooper, the referee, that the check was complete.
Once England and the assistant VAR Dan Cook were alerted to their mistake by the replay operator when the goal wasn't awarded, they repeatedly said they could not intervene as the game had restarted.
"Can't do anything," said England as the replay operator asked for the game to be stopped.
In an increasingly-frantic exchange, the unnamed replay operator says: "Oli's calling in to say delay the game. The decision is onside".
It's understood that the 'Oli' referred to is Oli Kohout, the VAR Hub Operations executive.
Audio from fourth official Michael Oliver is not included in the clip.
As the replay operator continues to try to stop the game, England states "can't do anything" five more times before Cook agrees by adding: "They've restarted".
No further communication with on-field referee Hooper is included. Sky Sports has reported that Hooper was first informed of the error at half-time.
pepacdery
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That's what we call corruption in football...corruption is everywhere...
riaabcdkot
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I hate it when people refer to this criminal act as a mistake. What's the mistake in this? The referee knew and understood what he was doing. That's why he refused to stop the game after being promoted severally to do the right thing. He must be sued by Liverpool without leaving any stone unturned.
Konemartin
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we are still reds
nøbødyishere
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Its really appalling and sad to see this. From the video, it's clear that there was so much miscommunication between the Replay Reviewer, The On pitch referee and the VAR Chief. The Replay official had spotted the error, and had tried to fix it, but the referee had already carried on to next phase of play. The issue isn't the VAR machines itself, but it's the PEOPLE who use them. That's where the problem is.
FRozenPoPcoRn72
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No one cares, Liverpool were simply robbed, I am saying this as a non Liverpool fan
kabianga985
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it's all tue that they never wanted anything good for LIVERPOOL, This is corruption in football, and it should never be allowed....
Peaceking1234
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After seeing this 😒, The Match should be REPLAYED💯💯 or Liverpool should be GIVEN A POINT💯💯💪 , who thinks so✋
JoyNg01
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Only in England that we are having too many issues with VAR. Like someone said, VAR is not the problem but human is. Like the Liverpool disallowed goal both the ref who should have look at it by himself but failed to do so and the VAR team should be suspended for like half a season then resume from division 2 league for three months before given any chance to officiate in the top league and also be fined for not using the VAR appropriately. With this punishment, they will learn to adjust.💯👌
PrinceCollins
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No wonder Nigeria courts handling the presidential election petition are corrupt to the bone marrow, they inherited this from their colonial masters. Like Father! Like Son!
Noah1987
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You can't do anything, why are you a reff?
Jumachelsea
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thank you Liverpool for exposing this English referees Jose Mourinho was right and the Europa League final English referees are useless
Amanda-
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VAR is not the problem. The problem are the referees. Human are corrupt especially the English people