'What is the point' - Alan Shearer slams 'incomprehensible' Darren England VAR Liverpool decision against Tottenham
Alan Shearer has described the decision to disallow Luis Diaz’s goal during Liverpool’s defeat to Tottenham Hotspur as "'incomprehensible."
Diaz's goal for the Reds at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was incorrectly disallowed for offside after the VAR mistakenly believed that the on-field decision had been to award the goal. The PGMOL admitted after the game that "a significant human error occurred."
Speaking after the match, Jurgen Klopp said his side's defeat came in "the most unfair circumstances" with "crazy decisions", with Liverpool also having Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota sent off during the 2-1 defeat, in which Joel Matip’s stoppage-time goal handed Spurs all three points.
And speaking on Match of the Day on Saturday night, former Premier League winner Shearer blasted the decision not to award the goal, describing it as a "monumental error."
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He said: “It’s incomprehensible. The one bit of VAR that we have accepted, learnt and can’t argue about is the offside.
“Now this is going to put so much doubt into decisions that have gone on beforehand and in the future because of this. It is a monumental error; he is clearly onside. We actually spotted straight away within a second or two that it’s not offside.
“What we’re led to believe is that Darren England, who was in the VAR hub, and Daniel Cook, who was the assistant VAR, they have done all that they should have done in terms of drawing the lines.
“Instead of saying to the referee, Simon Hooper, you need to allow a goal, for some reason, he’s had a huge lapse in
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