VAR referee Darren England ruled that Diaz’s goal was scored from inside the penalty area and did not inform referee Simon Hooper to change his original decision. When he realized his mistake, the game started again.
The controversial incident sparked widespread reaction, with Liverpool recording a club statement and PGMOL releasing a recording of a conversation between the referees. Sunday’s match between KV Mechelen and Club Brugge featured what ESPN’s Dale Johnson described as a Belgian professional league experience, a “Luis Diaz moment.” Club Brugge striker Igor Thiago thought he had scored the first goal of the game with a header in the 72nd minute.
However, the goal was incorrectly disallowed after the VAR referee missed a defender playing off Thiago. The match ended 0-0, leaving Club Brugge disappointed.
In a statement posted on social media, the Belgian Professional Referees Service admitted the mistake was caused by “human error”, saying “VAR should have intervened when Club Brugge’s goal was disallowed for offside”. “The goal was not disallowed incorrectly due to human error by the VAR,” he said.For Liverpool, they will be hoping that a potential slump against Tottenham does not affect their title race. The Reds are one point clear in the league after beating Crystal Palace 2-1 on Saturday.
In September, Reds sent two players through Sparta, but in Northern Mood, they must have an early advance, but only the referee’s mistakes must be related to Diaz’s opening objective. Instead, the game ended tragically in a 2-1 defeat due to Joel Matip’s own goal in the second half.
