PGMOL’s blunder refs Darren England and Dan Cook binned from second job
PGMOL's blunder referees Darren England and Dan Cook have been dumped from a second job following their axe from the Premier League.
The pair, who were responsible for VAR during Tottenham's fixture against Liverpool this past Saturday (September 30), were marred in controversy after failing to overturn Luis Diaz's disallowed goal. The VAR duo decided not to overturn the decision, despite replays confirming that the winger was indeed clearly onside.
Despite the thrilling nature of the game, their actions placed them in the limelight as the PGMOL later released a statement admitting that "significant human error," had taken place. The two referees have since been punished by being axed from the latest round of Premier League fixtures. England and Cook were scheduled to work the fixtures of Nottingham Forest vs Brentford and Fulham vs Chelsea this past weekend before they were replaced.
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To add insult to injury, the pair also have no appointments on UEFA listings this week despite the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference being on. Despite the domestic controversy they've faced, they are still UEFA qualified officials and are able to work European games which suggests they've been purposely dropped.
The fallout from the fixture continues as Liverpool put out a statement promising to: "Explore the range of options available, given the clear need for escalation and resolution." The PGMOL are expected to release the audio of the VAR conversations that took place during the controversy as reports suggested it could lead to an overhaul of the system.
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The PGMOL's statement following the initial error read: "PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool.
"The goal by Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials. This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene."
Despite admitting that the goal should have stood, Jurgen Klopp said an apology doesn't help anybody as he was left frustrated with another missed call by VAR. “Who does that help? We had that situation in the Man Utd game. Did Wolves get the points for it? We won’t get the points for it. “We all thought that when VAR came in it would make things easier. I never saw a game like this with the most unfair circumstances, crazy decisions.”
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