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Darren England has been replaced as the fourth official for Sunday\u2019s Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and Brentford after his error as the video assistant referee during Liverpool\u2019s defeat at Tottenham.<\/p>\n
England failed to overturn an incorrect decision on the pitch to disallow a Luis Diaz goal for offside as\u00a0the Reds were beaten 2-1\u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Dan Cook was assistant VAR for the game and he has been replaced as assistant referee for the game between Fulham and Chelsea on Monday.<\/p>\n
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\u201cCraig Pawson will now assume England\u2019s duties as fourth official at the City Ground while Eddie Smart will take over from Cook as assistant referee at Craven Cottage,\u201d said referees\u2019 body PGMOL.<\/p>\n
What happened in disallowing Diaz goal?<\/h3>\n
At 0-0 and with Liverpool down to 10 men, winger Diaz\u2019s goal was disallowed on the field, with England upholding the decision after a quick VAR check, in which the customary offside line graphic was not shown.<\/p>\n
BBC Sport understands the correct procedure was followed for the controversial decision but the mistake was down to human error.<\/p>\n
The lines were drawn in accordance with normal procedure and every other aspect was checked.<\/p>\n
However, what is being described by sources as a lapse of concentration led to a loss of focus around the initial on-field decision and then a \u2018check complete\u2019 being confirmed rather than an intervention which would have resulted in the goal being awarded.<\/p>\n
It is understood referees\u2019 chief Howard Webb has spoken to Liverpool about the incident.<\/p>\n
A PGMOL statement after the game said \u201ca significant human error occurred\u201d.<\/p>\n
It added: \u201cThe goal by Luiz 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking after the match, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side\u2019s defeat came in \u201cthe most unfair circumstances\u201d with \u201ccrazy decisions\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not offside when you see it,\u201d he told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ball is between Mo [Salah]\u2019s legs, they drew the line wrong and didn\u2019t judge the moment when Mo passed the ball right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klopp also said the PGMOL statement \u201cdoesn\u2019t help\u201d and referenced the apology Wolves received for the decision not to award a penalty at Manchester United earlier in the season.<\/p>\n
Former England striker Alan Shearer described VAR\u2019s error as \u201cincomprehensible\u201d on BBC Match of the Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one bit of VAR we have accepted and learned we can\u2019t argue about was offside,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will put so much doubt into decisions that go on. It is a monumental error. We spotted it straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Postecoglou has \u2018never been fan of\u2019 VAR<\/h3>\n
Liverpool also had Curtis Jones controversially sent off by referee Simon Hooper, who initially gave the midfielder a yellow card for a foul on Yves Bissouma before upgrading it to a red after being asked to review the decision on the pitchside monitor.<\/p>\n
Reds forward Diogo Jota was also dismissed for two bookings.<\/p>\n
Tottenham took the lead in the game through Son Heung-min and, while Cody Gakpo equalised for the Reds, a Joel Matip own goal in injury time gave Spurs victory.<\/p>\n
Speaking about VAR, Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says he has \u201cnever really been a fan of it since it came in\u201d as it \u201ccomplicates areas of the game that I thought were pretty clear in the past\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI can see at the same time why it was inevitable that technology would come in. We have to deal with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe game is littered with historical refereeing decisions that weren\u2019t right, but we all accepted that it was part of the game because we\u2019re dealing with human beings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that people are under the misconception that VAR is going to be errorless. It\u2019s down to interpretation, and they\u2019re still human beings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you put such a high bar on something, it invariably is going to fail, so if people are thinking that VAR is going to be something that at some point that is perfect, that\u2019s never going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
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