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Howard Webb assures measures will be taken after VAR blunder
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"We had a look at what we can do better to put some safeguards in place", he said

English referees’ chief Howard Webb said steps have been taken to ensure there is no repeat of the VAR error in Liverpool goal against Tottenham Hotspur.

The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) admitted that VAR got the offside decision wrong when Luis Diaz scored what should have been the opening goal in a 2-1 loss for the Reds in their away game in London.

Diaz was onside but PGMOL said the goal was chalked off as VAR had “lost sight of the on-field decision” and incorrectly communicated “check complete”.

“Having seen what happened in Spurs vs Liverpool we analyzed the situation, we had a look at what we can do better to put some safeguards in place,” Webb told Match Officials: Mic’d Up.

“We worked hard over the subsequent days to look at what we needed to do to put in those safeguards around the communication to avoid that sort of thing happening. They recognized that the laws of the game, set by FIFA and the (soccer’s rule making body) IFAB, doesn’t allow that (to stop the game and redo their decision),” Webb added.