Darren England was reportedly officiating in the United Arab Emirates the day before he was given VAR duty and made a critical error in Liverpool’s defeat to Tottenham yesterday.
Despite the fact that Colombian forward Luis Diaz was clearly onside, the Reds were furious when the goal was strangely denied. Later, PGMOL apologized for the incident and made it clear that it was a “human error.”
Tottenham eventually prevailed 2-1, but questions about VAR and the likelihood that England, in particular, was not nearly ready to handle the technology for this particular game will surely be raised moving forward.
It has come to light that both England and Dan Cook were in the United Arab Emirates supervising a match just 48 hours before this critical Premier League fixture.
The intense workload and frequent travel may have contributed to this huge blunder, therefore it is unquestionably an issue that needs to be handled right away to stop it from happening again.
