Alan Shearer has called for VAR audio to be aired at football stadiums following the controversy surrounding the Liverpool disallowed goal in their 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.
The magnitude of the "significant human error", as described by the PGMOL, was laid bare on Tuesday when the audio from the incident at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was made public for the first time. Liverpool had received the clip earlier in the day, following a strong club statement demanding answers following the Luis Diaz goal that was wrongly ruled out for offside.
In the hours that followed the incident Darren England and Dan Cook - who were the VAR and assistant VAR respectively for the game - were removed from their remaining duties for the rest of the Premier League weekend before also being taken off this weekend's round of matches. And last night there was a report that stated England will not officiate on a Liverpool game against this season.
The audio illustrated a severe breakdown in communications between the officials on the pitch and at Stockley Park with former Newcastle United and England striker Shearer describing the blunder as a "mess" and "shambolic."
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But the Match of the Day pundit believes the most important change has to come within stadiums - so fans who know what is happening when play is stopped.
"You can use whatever word you want - a mess, shambolic. I was listening to that last night like everyone else, it is chaotic, you've got so many voices going on," Shearer said on Wednesday. "Can you imagine that, being the referee when it's hard enough
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