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      Fans spot moment Spurs star Udogie should have been shown red card as litany of referee errors pile up after VAR debacle

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      IT gets worse for the refereeing team of last night’s match between Liverpool and Tottenham. That’s after fans spotted the moment they believe that Destiny Udogie should have been sent off for a second yellow card.
      Fans think Destiny Udogie should have been sent off against LiverpoolCredit: Alamy
      The Spurs star could be seen gesturing to the referee to issue Diogo Jota a bookingCredit: Sky Sports
      Simon Hooper had already shown Udogie a yellow card, and the gesture for another is a bookable offenceCredit: Alamy
      The Spurs full-back picked up a yellow card just before half time, but many fans think he should’ve received another in the second half.
      Eagle-eyed supporters have noticed that the Italian gestured towards referee Simon Hooper that Diogo Jota should’ve been put in the book.
      The action of asking for another player to be booked has been ruled out this season with a number of players already seeing yellow for the offence.
      A second yellow would have seen Udogie given his marching orders in a match where Liverpool spent over 25 minutes playing with just NINE men.
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      Fans are fuming with the revelation and took to social media to vent their frustrations at the officials.
      One said: “I have no words.”
      Whilst another added: “This is when you know the game is gone.”
      A third wrote: “Udogie second yellow for waving an imaginary card??”
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      And it’s not just the one incident that fans have been left fuming with after Curtis Jones was issued a straight red card in the first half for a contentious tackle.
      On top of that Liverpool had the ball in the back of the net from Luis Diaz in the 34th minute, only for VAR to fail to overrule an incorrect offside call.
      The PGMOL have now issued a statement apologising for their intervention with the Liverpool forward actually ONSIDE when he scored.
      The mistake was said to be a “human error” and has resulted in the VAR officials in charge being axed for their next games.
      To add insult to injury for Reds fans, Spurs walked away with all three points after Joel Matip turned the ball into his own net in the 96th minute to see the game end 2-1.
      Diogo Jota was sent off for two yellow card offencesCredit: Getty
      Curtis Jones also saw red for a controversial tackleCredit: Getty
      Luis Diaz was called offside, despite replays showing he was being played on by Cristian Romero
      Joel Matip turned the ball into his own net in the 96th minuteCredit: Getty
      Spurs celebrated remaining unbeaten in the league after their 2-1 winCredit: Alamy More

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      VAR refs AXED following Spurs vs Liverpool offside shambles with Darren England taken off upcoming Premier League game

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      DARREN ENGLAND has been AXED from his upcoming VAR duties following his howler in Tottenham’s controversial win over Liverpool.The 37-year-old ref incorrectly ruled out a perfectly fine goal from Reds hitman Luis Diaz in the first half of the match, which the Merseysiders lost 2-1.
      Luis Diaz thought he’d scored a perfectly fine goal in Liverpool’s trip to TottenhamCredit: Rex
      The goal was ruled out for offsideCredit: REX
      Replays clearly showed the Colombian was onside
      Darren England has been axed from his VAR duties for his howler of a callCredit: REX
      Colombia international Diaz thought he’d put the visitors in the lead in the 34th minute with a nifty finish just inside the 18-yard box.
      But on-the-field ref Simon Hooper and VAR official England bizarrely ruled out the goal – despite replays clearly showing Diaz was onside.
      And Prem chiefs have come down hard on VAR man for the day England, removing him from his duties for his next proposed outing.
      England was due to be the video official for this afternoon’s match between Nottingham Forest and Brentford.
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      But last night’s calamitous call has resulted in him being removed from his post.
      A statement read: “PGMOL can confirm the following match official appointment changes for the remaining fixtures in match round 7 in the Premier League.
      “Darren England, VAR on the Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool fixture, and Dan Cook, AVAR on the same game, have been replaced for the Nottingham Forest v Brentford and Fulham v Chelsea matches today and tomorrow night respectively.
      “Craig Pawson will now assume England’s duties as fourth official at the City Ground while Eddie Smart will take over from Cook as assistant referee at Craven Cottage.”
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      The Professional Game Match Officials Limited acknowledged England and Hooper’s collective clanger shortly after the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tussle.
      And they vowed to conduct a “full” investigation into the outrageous call.
      “PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool,” their apology read.
      “The goal by Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials.
      “This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention.
      “However the VAR failed to intervene.
      “PGMOL will conduct a full review into the circumstances which led to the error.
      “PGMOL will immediately be contacting Liverpool at the conclusion of the fixture to acknowledge the error.”
      Kop chief Jurgen Klopp was left baffled by the decision to rule out Diaz’s goal, which was compounded two minutes later when Spurs’ Son Heung-Min broke the deadlock.
      The German said: “I don’t think there is anything to say about the offside goal.
      “I knew about it at half-time.
      “In the first moment, I thought it was clearly onside but you think they have a better view.
      “I am pretty sure whoever made the decision didn’t do it on purpose. It didn’t take extremely long to come to the conclusion.
      “That’s a bit strange but someone else has to explain.
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      “The linesman thought it was worth watching again – that’s why he raised the flag.
      “In the good old times, the linesman should have seen it was not offside because we had these situations quite frequently and when you see it back it is pretty clear.”
      Kop chief Jurgen Klopp was left baffled by the ruling out of Luis Diaz’s goalCredit: REX
      Son Heung-Min compounded Liverpool’s misery two minutes by firing Spurs aheadCredit: Reuters More

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      Jurgen Klopp’s explosive comments in full after Liverpool hit by VAR shambles as boss slams ‘most unfair’ game ever

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      JURGEN KLOPP has admitted it is “tough” to deal with the VAR shambles as he slammed three decisions in Liverpool’s defeat to Tottenham.Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota were sent off for the Reds with Klopp claiming both were unfairly dismissed.

      Jurgen Klopp fumed at several decisions during and after the matchCredit: Reuters
      But the Liverpool boss was most aggrieved with the decision to rule out Luis Diaz’s first-half strike for offside, which would have put his side 1-0 up.
      The PGMOL released an apology after the match admitting Diaz’s goal should have stood, blaming a “significant human error”.
      SunSport understands VAR Darren England clearly saw Diaz was ONSIDE but forgot what the on-field decision was.
      He then accidentally gave the “check complete” signal believing he was AWARDING Diaz’s goal when, in fact, he was allowing play to continue at 0-0.
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      When Klopp was asked about the incident before learning of the PGMOL’s apology, he said: “When we saw it, we thought ‘that’s not offside’. They drew the lines wrong.
      “It is so tough to deal with it. I’m now relatively calm, and during the game we were really calm. Your heart rate is 160-180… and you see that, and the red card and the next red card. It’s difficult.”
      He also criticised Diogo Jota’s dismissal and felt his side’s style of play did not warrant two red cards.
      He added: “How can Jota in this game go off the pitch with two yellow cards, the first he barely touched him and for sure not his fault.
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      “That is what is the problem. We have so many things. When did you last hear a game with 11 v 9? And we were close to 11v 8! There were no horrible fouls.
      “We were not kicking players or whatever. The boys made a super intense game of it, it is crazy how hard we fought. In the end we got nothing. The result is gone but the performance will stay with me forever. I loved our attitude and our desire.
      “They didn’t do it on purpose, I know that, but mistakes still happen. If we want to talk about it do it properly and not with creating headlines with emotional managers.”
      And the irate German was quick to dismiss the PGMOL’s eventual apology – insisting it does not help his side.
      He told a press conference: “Who does that help? We had that situation in the Man Utd game.
      Luis Diaz was wrongly deemed offside before scoring at Tottenham and VAR failed to intervene
      “Did Wolves get the points for it? We won’t get the points for it.
      “We all thought that when VAR came in it would make things easier.”
      Klopp felt just as strongly about the call to show Jones a red card for his tackle on Yves Bissouma.
      He claimed it was not a bad tackle, with Gary Neville also suggesting Jones was unfortunate to see red as he did not intend to slip over the ball.
      Klopp added: “I never saw a game like this with the most unfair circumstances, crazy decisions.
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      “We scored an own goal, that is really tough to take but I am really proud. The first red card, Curtis steps on the ball and goes over. Not a bad tackle.
      “It looks different in slow motion. He steps full throttle on the ball and goes over the ball. That is unlucky.” More

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      PGMOL statement in full as refs chiefs admit they WRONGLY ruled out Liverpool goal in VAR horror show vs Spurs

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      THE PGMOL have released a grovelling apology after admitting bungling VAR Darren England made a calamitous error during Tottenham’s 2-1 win over Liverpool.With the score still 0-0, Liverpool star Luis Diaz was played through in the 34th minute before grabbing a goal, only for it to be ruled out as offside.
      Luis Diaz was ruled offside by the match officials in this incidentCredit: Sky Sports
      PGMOL later admitted to a ‘significant human error’Credit: Reuters
      PGMOL released a grovelling apology
      However, closer inspection of the incident showed the 26-year-old was actually being played onside by Cristian Romero.
      And it ended up being costly with nine-man Liverpool going on to lose the game 2-1 following a last-minute Joel Matip own goal.
      PGMOL have now admitted a “significant” mistake was made by VAR.
      SunSport understands VAR England clearly saw Diaz was ONSIDE but forgot what the on-field decision was.
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      He then accidentally gave the “check complete” signal believing he was AWARDING Diaz’s goal when, in fact, he was allowing play to continue at 0-0.
      Following the match the refereeing body released an apology.
      The statement read: “PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool.
      “The goal by Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials.
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      “This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.
      “PGMOL will conduct a full review into the circumstances which led to the error.
      “PGMOL will immediately be contacting Liverpool at the conclusion of the fixture to acknowledge the error.”
      It was not the only time the Reds were on the bad side of a call, with Curtis Jones being sent off in controversial fashion early on.
      Jurgen Klopp made his thoughts on the decisions clear after the match.
      He said: “I never saw a game like this with the most unfair circumstances, crazy decisions.
      “We scored an own goal, that is really tough to take but I am really proud. The first red card, Curtis steps on the ball and goes over. Not a bad tackle.
      “It looks different in slow motion. He steps full throttle on the ball and goes over the ball. That is unlucky.”
      Speaking before hearing the PGMOL’s explanation, he continued: “The offside goal. That is not offside when you see it, they drew their lines wrong.
      “It is so tough to deal with it.”
      After the refs chiefs’ statement, Klopp added: “We had that situation in the Man United game.
      “Did Wolves get the points for it? We won’t get the points for it.
      “We all thought that when VAR came in it would make things easier.”
      Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou sympathised with Klopp and revealed he had never been a huge fan of VAR.
      He said: “I’m on record saying I’ve never really been a fan of VAR. The biggest problem we seem to have trouble to grasp is that no amount of technology is going to eliminate errors.”
      The 2-1 result was Liverpool’s first Premier League defeat of the season.
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      Regardless, after an impressive start to the campaign they remain in fourth.
      Meanwhile, Spurs have moved up to second in the table with the win and are now just one point behind Manchester City, who fell to a shock 2-1 defeat against Wolves. More

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      Fans called for Spurs vs Liverpool to be replayed after VAR horror show as PGMOL apologise to Reds for huge error

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      FANS are demanding a replay of Tottenham vs Liverpool after the VAR Darren England’s disasterclass.On-field officials incorrectly ruled out a Luis Diaz strike for offside.
      An unofficial line drawn on the screen appears to show Diaz clearly onside
      The PGMOL released a statement after full-time confirming the ‘significant human error’
      VAR then somehow failed to intervene.
      SunSport understands England clearly saw Diaz was ONSIDE but forgot what the on-field decision was.
      He then accidentally gave the “check complete” signal believing he was AWARDING Diaz’s goal when, in fact, he was allowing play to continue at 0-0.
      The referee organisation admitted “significant human error”, with Liverpool fans enraged
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      Many supporters feel the apology is not good enough and they want the match to be replayed instead.
      One supporter reacted to the statement saying: “Game should be replayed. VAR to make sure there are no mistakes made in these games and they failed in giving a correct decision.”
      Another added: “I have very mixed feelings about what should happen with the dreadful refereeing decisions in the Tottenham-Liverpool match.
      “On hand I think the match should be replayed, too many game changing errors.
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      “If it was replayed I’d be outraged because I know that wouldn’t happen with us.”
      A third said: “Game should actually be replayed IMO.”
      To make matters worse for Liverpool Curtis Jones was controversially sent off, with Gary Neville and Jamie Redknapp both suggesting he was unfortunate to receive a red card after his foot slipped over the ball.
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      The PGMOL apologised for their mistake with a statement after the match.
      It read: “PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool.
      “The goal by Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials.
      “This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.
      “PGMOL will conduct a full review into the circumstances which led to the error.
      “PGMOL will immediately be contacting Liverpool at the conclusion of the fixture to acknowledge the error.” More

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      Refs panel admit INCREDIBLE blunder as Liverpool goal wrongly ruled out for offside after VAR FORGETS to change decision

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      REFEREE chiefs admitted a massive blunder after their VAR disasterclass WRONGLY ruled out Liverpool’s opener at Tottenham.The Professional Game Match Officials Limited confirmed a “significant human error” meant the VAR official FORGOT to tell on-field referee Simon Hooper to change his decision.
      Luis Diaz was deemed offside before scoring at TottenhamCredit: Premier League
      An unofficial line drawn on the screen appears to show Diaz clearly onside
      Liverpool forward Luis Diaz thought he had put the Reds in front at Tottenham.
      But the assistant’s flag went up to chalk it off.
      Replays, though, appeared to show Cristian Romero playing Diaz on when Mo Salah released the pass.
      However, after a very brief stoppage, the goal was ruled out.
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      VAR Darren England and his assistant Dan Cook should have looked at the goal in depth but the green or red lines to prove whether or not Diaz was onside did not show on the screen.
      SunSport understands bungling England clearly saw Diaz was ONSIDE but forgot what the on-field decision was.
      The blundering official then incredibly gave the “check complete” signal, believing he was AWARDING Diaz’s goal when, in fact, he was allowing play to continue at 0-0.
      It is not clear why the decision could not be reversed once England realised his mistake – which surely must have been instantly.
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      “PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool.” The PGMOL statement on the Luis Diaz disallowed goal. 👇 pic.twitter.com/qC2C0jMsXD— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 30, 2023

      Jurgen Klopp could not believe what he witnessed in North LondonCredit: EPA
      Simon Hooper was the official for the matchCredit: Reuters
      The PGMOL – who oversee the referees for the Premier League, EFL and The FA – eventually confirmed after full-time that there had been a major blunder from the pair in the VAR room at Stockley Park.
      A bombshell statement said: “PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool.
      “The goal by Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials.
      “This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.
      “PGMOL will conduct a full review into the circumstances which led to the error.
      “PGMOL will immediately be contacting Liverpool at the conclusion of the fixture to acknowledge the error.”
      Reacting live to the statement on Sky Sports, Gary Neville said: “Oh no. Oh no. No, no. Kelly seriously.
      “We get VAR up on the commentary box before anyone else does and I thought, ‘That’s onside.’
      “We get a preview of the pictures up on the gantry, we get the actual commentary from the VAR officials to the referee.
      “And then all of a sudden you just hear in your ear, ‘Check complete.’
      “What? No lines. It was so quick. It was too quick. Something was obviously wrong.
      “That is unbelievable. That is a bad one, a really bad one.
      “They say it’s significant… that is VERY significant. Oh no.”
      PGMOL full statement
      “PGMOL acknowledge a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool.
      “The goal by Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials.
      “This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.
      “PGMOL will conduct a full review into the circumstances which led to the error.
      “PGMOL will immediately be contacting Liverpool at the conclusion of the fixture to acknowledge the error.”

      Liverpool, who were down to NINE men when Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota saw red, lost the thrilling Premier League clash 2-1 when Joel Matip scored a 96th-minute own goal.
      Klopp managed to resist the urge to launch a full-scale attack on the referees – but still slammed the performance of the officials.
      The Kop boss fumed: “I never saw a game like this with the most unfair circumstances, crazy decisions.
      “The first red card, Curtis steps on the ball and goes over. Not a bad tackle.
      “First Jota yellow was not a yellow. Then he gets a second and to defend with nine players is tricky.
      “The offside goal. That is not offside when you see it, they drew their lines wrong.
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      “The ball is between Mo’s legs, they drew the line wrong and didn’t judge the moment when Mo passed the ball right.
      “It is so tough to deal with it.”
      Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk was asked if he is losing faith in VAR.
      The Dutchman told the BBC: “I’m losing faith is difficult to say. The VAR should be absolutely clear and obvious with everything they’re deciding on.
      “I’ve seen the still back, I think on live TV there were no lines being shown.
      “It’s all a bit strange, I don’t know who was in the VAR room and making that decision.
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      “It’s not a good thing, it doesn’t look well either. It is what it is, we lost.”
      When asked if you should never get offside wrong, Van Dijk added: “You’re absolutely right. [It’s] tough.” More

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      Man Utd fans rage VAR is ‘taking the p***’ as ‘BLATANT’ handball not given in Crystal Palace defeat

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      MANCHESTER UNITED fans have been left raging at VAR after their defeat with Crystal Palace.The Red Devils were denied a penalty after a view by the match officials at Old Trafford.
      Manchester United were denied a penalty by VAR after the ball hit Joel Ward’s hand
      United players were fuming at the decision
      Untied supporters were convinced their side should have been awarded a penalty after the ball appeared to strike Joel Ward’s hand.
      However, Chris Kavanagh’s on-field decision was not overturned and a penalty was not awarded.
      Reacting to the decision, one fan tweeted: “The handball from Ward changed the direction of the ball. VAR useless again.”
      Another added: “Can someone explain to me why that wasn’t handball from Ward?”
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      A third supporter also fumed: “You taking the actual p***. How is that not a handball on Ward.”
      Meanwhile, one more commented: “Make the handball rule make sense, that travelled 30 yards before it hit Wards hand and still no penalty.”
      The decision proved crucial to the result, with United falling behind during the first half.
      Joachim Andersen’s goal after 25 minutes gave Palace the lead just days after they had been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by the same opponents.
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      Palace were able to frustrate their hosts and hold on to their advantage for the remainder of the match.
      The result gave Roy Hodgson’s side their third win of the season as they leapfrogged United in the table.
      As for the Red Devils, Erik ten Hag has now seen his team lose four of their first seven Premier League matches this term. More

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      Chelsea AND Brighton fans fume after finding out Carabao Cup has no VAR as both teams suffer refereeing controversy

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      CHELSEA and Brighton fans were both fuming after finding out there is no VAR in the Carabao Cup.Both sets of fans were left feeling aggrieved over decisions made by referee Tom Brammall during the Blues’ 1-0 win.
      Lesley Ugochukwu escaped a red card despite a reckless tackles on Carlos BalebaCredit: Alamy
      Nicolas Jackson was judged to be in an offside position when he was played through by Cole Palmer
      First Brighton fans were left up in arms over a challenge by Lesley Ugochukwu, who made just his second Chelsea start.
      The summer arrival made a reckless tackle on Carlos Baleba and caught the midfielder high on his leg.
      Baleba’s ankle got caught under Ugochukwu’s studs and the 19-year-old was very lucky to only receive a yellow card.
      However some Seagulls felt Ugochukwu would have received a stronger punishment if the officials had the assistance of VAR.
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      One fan said: “Referee pathetic and they should have had 10 men yet magically no VAR for this one.”
      Another added: “Ugochukwu is so lucky there’s no VAR😭”
      A Chelsea supporter wrote: “Ugochukwu VERY lucky no VAR tonight. Bloody hell.”
      Ugochukwu was allowed to stay on the pitch and Chelsea took advantage shortly after half-time through Nicolas Jackson’s goal, which ended up being the winner.
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      Jackson also put the ball in the back of the net later in the second half – only for the lineman’s flag to rule it out.
      However, replays appeared to show the striker was onside when played through by Cole Palmer, leading to frustration for Blues supporters.
      One complained: “How’s that offside? Linesmen should be way more careful if there is no VAR. Absolute joke.”
      Another added: “Two players playing Nicolas Jackson on in this move, shocking decision by the linesman.
      “Thankfully this didn’t cost us but I am not sure why there is no VAR when we have the technology available?”
      A third commented: “Can’t believe VAR isn’t being used they robbed Jackson in broad daylight.” More