'Those kill you' - Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez slams 'absurd' VAR decision
The fallout from Liverpool’s controversial loss to Tottenham Hotspur continues - but it is not just in England where VAR is currently subject to criticism and scrutiny.
Jurgen Klopp’s side fell to a last-minute 2-1 defeat in the capital on Saturday, having seen Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota sent off in either half. But the Reds’ biggest grievance came when Luis Diaz’s first-half strike was incorrectly disallowed for offside after VAR failed to intervene.
The PGMOL would admit the blunder after the final whistle, explaining it as a ‘significant human error’, with it later emerging that VAR Darren England had thought a goal had actually been awarded on the field, and was then unable to intervene to correct the mistake once play had restarted due to the letter of the law.
Liverpool would respond to the PGMOL’s admittance with an explosive statement demanding change after declaring sporting integrity had been undermined, before requesting the audio from the match. Meanwhile, both England and Cook were stood down from further Premier League officiating duties on Sunday and Monday, and have been dropped from next weekend’s round of fixtures.
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But it’s not just in the Premier League where VAR has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Former Liverpool and Everton boss Rafa Benitez launched into a furious attack of his own over the weekend after his Celta Vigo were denied a goal in their last-minute 2-1 loss to Las Palmas.
Celta took the lead through Anastasios Douvakis only for Jonathan Viera to equalise with an 84th minute penalty before Marc Cardona scored a
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