PGMOL said «significant human error» was behind Luis Diaz's goal being ruled out for Liverpool at Tottenham; VAR team mistakenly thought on-field decision had been to award goal; Liverpool formally requested audio from officials after vowing to «explore the range of options available»
Tuesday 3 October 2023 14:32, UK
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The audio of the conversations between the match officials involved in the VAR controversy at Tottenham on Saturday has been supplied to Liverpool.
Liverpool made a formal request to PGMOL for the audio on Monday and asked to hear the conversations which took place in full.
The PGMOL have now shared the footage with Liverpool and it is being reviewed by the club.
It is unclear when the audio will be publicly released.
But the PGMOL have not ruled out releasing the audio around the incident before the next edition of Mic'd Up, the organisation's new monthly programme broadcast on Sky Sports that includes previously unheard audio from decisions between on-field officials and the VAR team.
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The PGMOL admitted immediately after Tottenham's 2-1 win that «a significant human error occurred» when Diaz's strike was ruled out, adding: «This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention.»
The goal was ruled out when VAR official Darren England mistakenly believed Diaz's goal was initially allowed to stand and told on-field referee Simon Hooper his check was complete.
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