'Dark stain on tarnished reputation' - VAR and Premier League sent clear Liverpool message as title race point made

Premier League refereeing has been branded as 'unforgiveable' amid further VAR controversy over the weekend for Liverpool.

Darren England and Dan Cook were at the centre of controversy surrounding VAR following their roles at Stockley Park on Saturday for the Reds' clash in North London against Spurs, who beat their nine-man opponents 2-1 thanks to a last-gasp Joel Matip own goal.

The storm was created by the wrong decision to disallow Luis Diaz's goal as the Colombian raced behind the Tottenham backline after 34 minutes, firing past Vicario to hand Liverpool the lead - and despite a prompt flag raise from the linesman, the check from the video assistant referee was quick and on broadcasts around the world, no offside lines were drawn.

In light of the defeat, the PGMOL acknowledged there was "significant human error" in ruling out Diaz's first-half strike.

ECHO readers have now responded strongly to England and Cook stepping down for the remainder of the weekend following the drama where they were taken off their respective match duties.

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Here's what some of our readers had to say on the officials standing down:

Robmar0135 - Not good enough it was gross misconduct from all the officials should face instant dismissal

MyLFC - Do not know why PL referees are so poor. Extremely unlikely mistakes have happened so many times in PL. Not much controversial goals have been seen in the World Cup last year or in UCL. PL should think about hiring referees from other countries, at least it can minimise bias.

Niteowl64 - Standing them down doesn't work. It