The English Premier League's VAR has made another shocking mistake! Tottenham Hotspur's home match against Liverpool in the early hours of Sunday morning (1) saw a number of controversial decisions, with the Reds losing 1-2 in six minutes of extra time with nine men at the end of the match.Liverpool's first half was supposed to be scored by Luis Díaz, but the referee wrongly ruled it offside, and the VAR made a mistake by passing it, making it a turning point in the tournament. The PGMOL issued a statement admitting the error, but it didn't help.
Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool are both undefeated before the match, and this game is also a fierce fight. Liverpool midfielder Gudis Jonsson kicked his opponent in the 26th minute, and the referee originally showed a yellow card, but the VAR intervened and changed it to a direct red card. Liverpool, who were playing less, were still sharp, and in the 34th minute Luis Diaz broke through for an offside goal. However, a side witness raised his flag to indicate offside, but the slow-motion camera showed that Tottenham's midfielder Romero was clearly offside, and the game was declared to be on by the VAR in the absence of a line drawing.
Tottenham Hotspur took the lead a minute later with a goal by Son Heung-min, but Liverpool didn't give up and equalized just before halftime with a goal by Gap in the penalty area. Liverpool striker Diago Zuda was expelled in the 68th minute after receiving two yellow cards in one minute. The Reds, who had to play with nine men, fought back and lost 1-2 in the final six minutes of stoppage time after Zurmadibi's penalty kick was deflected.
PGMOL issued a statement immediately after the match: "We are aware that there was a major human error in the first half, the referee team on the pitch ruled that Luis Diaz was offside in the goal, which is a clear factual error, VAR should have changed the ruling to a valid goal, but VAR did not intervene, PGMOL will review this error and will contact Liverpool as soon as possible after summarizing this error. Liverpool will be contacted at the earliest opportunity after the error is concluded."
It was reported that VAR referee Englund made a big mistake, he "thought" that in-field referee Simon Hooper had already ruled that the goal was valid, so he quickly announced that the "review was complete" after checking, and Simon Hooper thought Englund had "confirmed" that his ruling was correct after hearing that, and the game eventually continued.
