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The English Premier League referees have been under heavy criticism after the recent game week in England’s top flight where a few Virtual Assistant Referee (VAR) decisions were under the scanner. One of the biggest reasons behind this scrutiny was the offside call for Liverpool’s Luis Diaz against Tottenham Hotspur, who scored an all-important goal.
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Later this disallowed goal cost the Reds all three points as an injury-time own-goal by Joel Matip helped the Spurs register a 2-1 win. After the game, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body responsible for refereeing games in English professional football, issued a clarification and described the decision as ‘human error’.
Since then a list has been floating on the internet about a list of apologies issued by the PGMOL regarding mistaken refereeing decisions over the last two years. The list was shared by Sky Sports and started from the Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool.
Check out the remaining list of the wrong referring decisions:
Man Utd 1-0 Wolves - August 14, 2023
Andre Onana put in a strong challenge on Sasa Kalajdzic inside the Man Utd box but VAR didn’t give a penalty for the decision.
Tottenham 2-1 Brighton - April 8, 2023
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg appeared to foul Kaoru Mitoma in the Tottenham box but the penalty was declined after the VAR supported the decision.
Everton 0-1 Man City - February 26 2023
VAR missed a handball from Manchester City midfielder Rodri and didn’t award Everton a penalty.
Arsenal 1-1 Brentford - February 11, 2023
Ivan Toney's offside equaliser was allowed despite a VAR review, which failed to spot Christian Norgaard standing in an offside position.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton - February 11, 2023
VAR drew a wrong offside line and denied Brighton's Pervis Estupinan the opening goal at Selhurst Park as a legitimate goal was ruled out.
Brighton 2-1 Liverpool - January 29, 2023
Liverpool's Fabinho had only a yellow card after a studs-up challenge on Evan Ferguson.
Aston Villa 3-1 Man Utd - November 6, 2022
Lucas Digne scored a free kick but a post-match review concluded the United wall was set too far back and allowed the Villa full-back extra room for the set-piece.
Forest 2-2 Brentford - November 5, 2022
Brentford received a penalty despite Dean Henderson making minimal contact with Yoane Wisse.
Fulham 3-0 Aston Villa - October 20, 2022
Douglas Luiz was sent off for Villa despite Aleksandar Mitrovic starting a bust-up.
