The Liverpool-Tottenham match in the 7th week of the Premier League was the subject of a scandalous incident.
In the 34th minute of the match, Liverpool took the lead 1-0 through Luis Diaz. The linesman raised his flag because he thought Diaz was offside. After the VAR review, the offside decision was deemed valid and the game continued.
After the match, the English Football Federation announced that Diaz’s position was misjudged and the referees apologized. Liverpool requested the release of VAR records.
PGMOL, which manages the responsibility of referees in professional football matches in England, has published VAR records.
The VAR referee said about the offside decision: “The review is completed, the decision is correct.” said. The VAR operator said, “The decision made on the field was offside. In the image we provided, the player is not offside.” He said that the VAR referee made the wrong decision. Realizing his mistake, the VAR referee asked the referee to stop the match, but according to the rules, the VAR referee said, “The review is completed, the decision is correct.” Because he said, the match continued.