Furious Paul Merson told to 'calm down' live on air after 'blowing up' on Mike Dean over Liverpool VAR explanation

Paul Merson and Mike Dean were this afternoon involved in a heated debate live on television over Luis Diaz's disallowed goal during Liverpool's defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.

Although one week on from this incident, the conversation over VAR and how costly mistakes are continuing to be made is not going anywhere.

Liverpool were quick to release a statement after their 2-1 loss in the capital demanding explanations over why Diaz's goal could possibly have been ruled out and other Premier League managers have since expressed their dismay at the situation when challenged on the topic.

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Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou has admitted he would he glad to see VAR ditched altogether, though this scenario seems somewhat unlikely given the financial effort that has gone into implementing video technology in football.

Asked to provide his view on where VAR goes from here and how it can improve, ex-Premier League referee Mike Dean told Sky Sports News: "It's an ongoing process. They always have stuff emailed to go through, certain clips where they have to press a button of offside or onside. They are always doing online training. They have been in again this week doing certain things to try and get the communication better.

"The way forward? I don't know. Do you get ex-players in? For me, no. If you go and get players in, half of them don't know the laws of the game as you can tell by what you've [Merson] just said about restarting the game for the sake of it."

Dean's response prompted a furious reaction from one-time Arsenal midfielder Merson, who was even