The PGMOL have finally made the audio of the VAR discussion of Luis Diaz’s wrongly ruled-out goal vs Tottenham available to the public including the live reactions of the officials to their error
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The PGMOL and the Premier League have released previously unheard audio between officials during the controversial incident that saw Luis Diaz ‘s goal vs Tottenham ruled out.
The Liverpool forward thought he had given his side the lead in North London, only for the strike to be ruled offside by the linesman. Video Assistant referee Darren England intervened, only to believe that the original decision was onside and thus completed the check.
That then led to Diaz’s legitimate strike being ruled out for a second time. Take a look at the full transcript of the conversation between the officiating team both at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Stockley Park:
Assistant Referee 1 (AR1): All good. Both holding. Both holding.
Referee: Yeah, leave it alone.
AR1: Waiting. Delaying, delaying.
VAR: Possible offside, Diaz.
AR2: Give it.
AR1: Coming back for the offside, mate.
VAR: Just checking the offside. Delay, delay. Give the kick point, let’s go. Kick point please?
Referee: Yeah, no worries mate.
Replay operator: So, here we are.
Referee: Wait.
Replay operator: Just get a tight angle.
VAR: Yeah, give me 2D line ready after this one for frame two after that.
Replay operator: So frame two there?
VAR: That’s fine. Perfect yeah. 2D line on left boot.
Replay operator: Let me just switch angles.
VAR: Romero, I think it is?
Replay operator: I think it might be this angle better? Happy with this angle?
VAR: Yep.
Replay operator: 2D line on the boot?
VAR: 2D line on the boot.
Replay operator: Yep, okay. So 2D line on the boot.
VAR: And stop. Check complete, check complete. That’s fine, perfect.
Luis Diaz’s goal was disallowed incorrectly
AR1: Playing.
Referee: Cheers mate.
VAR: Thank you, mate.
Referee: Well done boys, good process.
Replay operator: Wait, wait, wait, wait. The on-field decision was offside. Are you happy with this?
Assistant VAR: Yeah.
Replay operator: Are you happy with this?
Assistant VAR: Offside, goal, yeah. That’s wrong that, Daz.
VAR: What?
Replay operator: On-field decision was offside. Are you happy with this image? Yeah, it’s onside. The image that we gave them is onside.
Assistant VAR: He’s played him, he’s gone offside.
VAR: Oh, f***
Replay operator: Delay, delay. Oli’s [PGMOL Hub Ops) saying to delay. Oli’s saying to delay.
VAR: Pardon?
Replay operator: Oli’s calling in to say delay the game. The decision is onside.
VAR: We can’t do anything.
Replay operator: Oli’s saying to delay. Oli’s saying to delay.
VAR: Oli?
Fourth official: Yeah?
Replay operator: Delay the game, delay the game. Stop the game.
VAR: They’ve restarted the game. Can’t do anything, can’t do anything.
Assistant VAR: Yeah they’ve restarted. Yeah. No.
VAR: I can’t do anything, I can’t do anything. F***
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