PGMOL admit Luis Diaz's first half goal against Tottenham SHOULD have stood and acknowledge 'significant human error'
PGMOL has acknowledged that Luis Diaz's strike in the first half against Tottenham was incorrectly ruled out for offside.
Liverpool lost 2-1 to Ange Postecoglou's side on Saturday evening after Joel Matip's late own goal secured three points for the hosts after the Reds has seen both Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota sent off.
Liverpool were up against it for the majority of the game due to the dismissals, but nearly held on for a point with nine men in north London.
They pegged Tottenham back just before half time when Cody Gakpo struck to cancel out Son Heung-min's opener, and many thought Diaz's finish with the score at 0-0 was bizarrely ruled out for offside even after a VAR check.
That has now been acknowledged by the refereeing body in what is their latest statement in what has been a string of apologies.
'PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool,' the statement began.
'The goal but Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials. This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.
'PGMOL will conduct a full review into the circumstances which led to the error.
'PGMOL will immediately be contacting Liverpool at the conclusion of the fixture to acknowledge the error.'
Darren England was the man tasked with VAR duties for the match, with Dan Cook acting as assistant VAR.
The goal came about when Liverpool countered just moments after Jones was sent off. Mohamed Salah played through Diaz, who slotted home, but the goal was immediately flagged offside.
Replays seemed to show the forward was onside and that has now been confirmed by the
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