‘Oh f***’: PGMOL release VAR audio from blunder which saw Luis Diaz goal for Liverpool wrongly disallowed at Tottenham… with footage showing Darren England rejecting calls to stop game

[ad_1] Assistant referee 1 (Adrian Holmes): ‘All good. Both holding. Both holding’ Referee (Simon Hooper): ‘Yeah, leave it alone.’ Assistant referee 1: ‘Waiting. Delaying, delaying.’ VAR (Darren England): ‘Possible offside, Diaz.’ Assistant referee 2 (Simon Long): ‘Give it.’ Assistant referee 1: ‘Coming back for the offside, mate.’ VAR: ‘Just checking the offside. Delay, delay.’ VAR:…

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Mike Dean admits he didn’t step in on ‘major, stupid’ VAR decision to protect his ‘mate’ Anthony Taylor from ‘grievance’ over a 96th-minute equalizer he should have disallowed

[ad_1] Mike Dean has admitted that he avoided sending Anthony Taylor to review a mistake in a game to prevent his ‘mate’ from getting extra ‘grief’. The former Premier League referee was the VAR official when Cristian Romero pulled Marc Cucurella’s hair before Harry Kane scored a 96th-minute equalizer as Spurs drew 2-2 at Chelsea…

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