Darren England Liverpool decision made after VAR shambles against Tottenham

Darren England will not officiate another Liverpool fixture this season but will not be sacked, according to a new report.

The Telegraph claim England has received support and backing from Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) chief Howard Webb following his role in Liverpool's controversial 2-1 Premier League defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

The 37-year-old was in charge of VAR, alongside assistant VAR Dan Cook, for the match, during which Luis Diaz had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside. The PGMOL admitted after the game, which ended with Liverpool down to nine men, that a "significant human error" had been made, and on on Tuesday audio of the incident was released, which emphasised the scale of the mishap from England and Cook at Stockley Park.

Earlier today, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp called for the match to be replayed. He said: “The audio didn’t change it at all. Because I was not really interested in why things happened because I knew. I saw the outcome, I saw goal we scored and it didn’t count so I wasn’t now waiting for the audio and sitting there hoping I’d find out how it could happen or whatever.

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“Yes, it was an obvious mistake and I think there would have been solutions for it afterwards. If not, I can say immediately, and probably some people don’t want me to say it, not as the manager of Liverpool but much more as a football person, I think the only outcome should be a replay. That’s how it is. It probably will not happen.

“The argument against that will probably be if you open that gate then everybody will ask for it.