PGMOL and the Premier League have released full audio recordings of the Video Assistant Referee unit’s review of Luis Diaz’s incorrectly-ruled offside goal in Liverpool’s 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
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The audio shows the errors made — complete with expletives when it’s become clear what’s went wrong — and is a fascinating look at the quickfire decisions applied under pressure.
Here’s a link to the video and audio, as well as a full transcript below. As our partners at Sky Sports point out, the on-field referee can only hear comments that are directed to him.
Transcript: VAR reviews Luis Diaz goal for Liverpool vs Tottenham
Assistant referee 1: Waiting. Delaying, delaying.
VAR: Possible offside, Diaz.
Assistant referee 1: Coming back for the offside, mate.
VAR: Just checking the offside, Delay, delay.
VAR: Give the kick point, let’s go. Kick point, please?
Referee: Yeah no worries, mate.
Replay operator: So here we are.
Referee: Wait.
Replay operator: Just get a tight angle.
VAR: Yeah, give me a 2D line ready after this one for frame two after that.
Replay operator: So frame two there?
VAR: That’s fine.
VAR: Perfect, yeah.
VAR: 2D line on the left boot.
Replay operator: Let me just switch angles.
VAR: Romero, I think it is?
Replay operator: I think it might be this angle [that is] better? Happy with this angle?
VAR: Yep.
Replay operator: 2D line on the boot?
VAR: 2D line on the left boot.
Replay operator: Yeah, okay.
Replay operator: So, 2D line on the boot.
VAR: And stop.
VAR: Check complete, check complete. That’s fine, perfect.
Assistant referee 1: Playing.
Referee: Cheers, mate.
VAR: Thank you, mate.
Referee: Well done, boys. Good process.
Replay operator: Wait, wait, wait, wait. The on-field decision was offside.
Replay operator: Are you happy with this?
Assistant VAR: Yeah.
Replay operator: Are you happy with this?
Assistant VAR: Offside, goal, yeah.
Assistant VAR: That’s wrong that, Daz.
VAR: What?
Replay operator: On-field decision was offside. Are you happy with this image? Yeah, it’s onside, The image that we gave them is onside.
Assistant VAR: The left-back he’s played him, he’s gone offside.
VAR: Oh [expletive].
Replay operator: Delay, delay.
Replay operator: Oli’s [PGMOL Hub Ops] saying to delay, Oli’s saying to delay.
VAR: Pardon?
Replay operator: Oli’s calling in to say delay the game. The decision is onside.
VAR: Can’t do anything.
Replay operator: Oli’s saying to delay, Oli’s saying to delay.
VAR: Oli?
Fourth official: Yeah?
Replay operator: Delay the game, delay the game. Stop the game.
VAR Darren England: They’ve restarted the game. Can’t do anything, can’t do anything.
AVAR Dan Cook: Yeah, they’ve restarted. Yeah.
VAR Darren England: Can’t do anything.
AVAR Dan Cook: No.
VAR Darren England: I can’t do anything. I can’t do anything. *Expletive*.
