Wednesday night’s referee at the King Power Arena was in the headlines last weekend – after a glaring error in Tottenham Hotspur’s win over Liverpool
Preston North End’s midweek clash at Leicester City will be officiated by Darren England – four days after his involvement in wrongly ruling out a Liverpool goal at Tottenham Hotspur.
England was the VAR official for the Reds’ Premier League match away to Spurs last Saturday evening. Ange Postecoglou’s side won the game 2-1 deep into injury time, but the major talking point post-match was the chalking off of Luis Diaz’ first half goal. Diaz fired home at 0-0 in the game, with Liverpool down to ten-men after Curtis Jones’ dismissal.
Four days after huge Liverpool controversy, referee to officiate Leicester City vs Preston North End
It was confirmed by the PGMOL post-match that a ‘significant human error occurred’ during the match. The initial thought was that England – who was VAR official alongside Dan Cook – had failed to draw the required offside lines. However, it later came to light that England thought the goal had been given and therefore he relayed a ‘check complete’ message to the on-field team.
Wednesday night’s referee at the King Power Arena was in the headlines last weekend – after a glaring error in Tottenham Hotspur’s win over Liverpool
