REFEREE Darren England is not expected to take charge of another Liverpool game this season following his VAR blunder on Sunday.
England, 37, was responsible for failing to overturn the decision to rule out Luis Diaz’s goal in the Reds’ 2-1 defeat to Tottenham.
GettyDarren England has been slammed for his VAR decision during Tottenham vs Liverpool[/caption]
Sky SportsLuis Diaz was clearly onside but VAR failed to overturn the decision to disallow the goal[/caption]
Jurgen Klopp has called for a replay of the matchAlamy
The lines were drawn to show Diaz was onside, but both England and assistant VAR Dan Cook did not realise the on-field decision was to rule it out.
Play resumed and the VAR officials did not interfere again, meaning the goal remained disallowed.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp called for a replay of the match after the VAR audio had been released.
And The Telegraph have confirmed it is “unlikely” the PGMOL will put England in charge of a Liverpool game for the remainder of the campaign.
That includes in both as a referee and VAR.
However, he is understood to have received the backing of PGMOL boss Howard Webb and will not be sacked.
Both England and Cook have been removed from officiating in this weekend’s Premier League fixtures.
And they will not feature for at least another fortnight as domestic action pauses for the international break.
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Saturday’s mistake was not England’s only high-profile error so far this season.
During a game between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, he went to the monitor to look at a penalty he had awarded and stuck with his decision, before the Premier League’s Key Match Incident panel later judged him to have made the wrong call.
England was also the VAR in charge of Nottingham Forest’s clash with Burnley during which he should gave reinstated a goal for Burnley that had been wrongly disallowed for handball.