Liverpool Football Club are calling for more transparency after what happened against Tottenham Hotspur and it seems that the actual events inside the VAR room have been shared for the first time.
As reported by Dale Johnson for ESPN: ‘Just two seconds after the VAR has said “check complete,” Spurs took the free kick which creates a cut-off point. Nothing can be reviewed after a restart (this doesn’t apply to penalties awarded for offences before the half-time or final whistle as play was still active at the time of the offence.)
‘Panic set in, but they decided they couldn’t go against protocol and let play continue. But in this situation, where a very serious error has been identified within seconds of the restart, football would rather the VAR went against protocol to achieve the fairest outcome for the game. The match should have been stopped.
‘Not only did the VAR team fail to react, but also the management team who could have stepped in and told the VAR team to roll the game back.
‘There was the opportunity fix it, and it was missed.
‘The VAR audio of the incident will be released, which will at least provide transparency for what happened’.
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To hear that the audio will be released will come as a boost to many of our fans but it’s likely that we’ll only be privy to the fact that it was a call for ‘check complete’, rather than hearing the full conversation that followed when the mistake was realised.
We have already heard that this unprecedented error has been placed on the shoulders of Darren England who failed to realise he was checking for disallowed goal and so the audio will be crucial to demonstrate this.
As the same report as above mentions about the incident: ‘It’s the biggest error the Premier League has seen’ but all this will come as little solace for Jurgen Klopp when we’re left with nine men and zero points.
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It’s going to remain in headlines for a long time and now that an official statement has been made from the club, the response from the PGMOL will be of great interest.
It’s hard for us not to feel hurt though and it’s tough to know what can actually be done to make up for this massive mistake.
Listening to the clowns will be interesting but it doesn’t do anything to rectify their incompetence. What is the point of VAR if incompetence on the field is simply transferred to incompetents off it?
Yeah,yeah,yeah….life ‘s a pisser…….what exactly do liverpool expect to get from this outpouring of grief? No one fucking cares.
If you didn’t care you wouldn’t have read and responded.
It’s a shame to reason like a zombie
So how would you feel if it was your team on the receiving end ?
You obviously do oxygen thief!
Postojati će nepravda tako dugo dok neće biti dozvoljeno da menadžer ili kapetan ekipe traže objavu cijele snimke na glavnom ekranu stadiona, pred svim gledateljima, a sudac preko razglasa da objavi odluku. Da to bude kao u američkom nogometu i tenisu. Jedino tako neće biti favoriziranja ekipa. Ovo sada sa ovakvom VAR tehnologijom samo je mazanje očiju svima, a ne pravda, jer je očito osmišljeno da i dalje suci vladaju nogometom, a ne pravda. Zašto pomagati klubovima na nepošten način, kad bi u svakom sličaju bogatiji klub sa boljim i plaćenijim igračima morao to znati pokazati na terenu. A ako i nebi uspio uvijek pobijediti, pa to je i bit cijeloga sporta, zar ne?
Curtis Jones shouldn’t have been sent off, the VAR screen was paused at the moment of impact as he walked to the screen (the worst angle, and completely out of context with the momentum and movement of the players). It’s 0-0 and we are still pushing with 10 men, score a beautiful goal, it gets disallowed. Still fighting for a result, Jota gets a first booking because Spurs player trips over his own feet. The Spurs player gesticulates for a card to be given (already on a yellow) Mr Harry Hotspur Hooper administers the yellow card for Jota, but fails to follow the new protocol. Jota then does a tackle, perhaps worthy a yellow (leniency might prevail, especially as this idiot already knows he has disallowed a perfectly legit goal, possibly knows the yellow he already give was wrong). Can someone please explain how you fix this, as from here, it looks a lot like bias, or maybe match fixing.