VAR 'chaos' has already cost Liverpool and another mistake is now being made

There's a time and a place for organised chaos. Just ask the opposing teams who were on the receiving end of a Liverpool whirlwind during the early 'heavy metal' days of Jurgen Klopp's tenure.

Where such circumstances aren't required, though, is during the decision-making of officials at elite-level football. So it was quite the eye-opener when it emerged on Tuesday just why the chief executive of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has decided against the live broadcast of audio regarding on-field VAR decisions.

"I was allowed to observe and see communication between match officials during a review and it is quite a chaotic situation," said Lukas Brud. "Not in a negative sense but there's many people talking at the same time and I think it would be counter-productive for anyone to listen to all those voices talking to each other.

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"Then you have the VAR and the assistant VAR, the replay operators, the referee and maybe even the assistant referees and fourth official, so all of a sudden it becomes quite a chaotic experience. I can categorically say no, they shouldn't (be played out live)."

Anyone who listened to the slow-motion car crash that was the audio from the miscommunication that saw a perfectly good goal by Luis Diaz disallowed during Liverpool's controversial defeat at Tottenham Hotspur last month will be painfully aware that chaos would be putting it kindly. On that evidence, it's remarkable not more such errors have been made.

Of course, that they haven't suggests the officials are, whether through good process or sheer good fortune,