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<\/p>\nThe Premier League have reportedly called in British Airways pilots to help VAR officials improve their communication after the farcical mistakes during Liverpool and Tottenham’s controversial clash in September.<\/p>\n
Luis Diaz’s goal was wrongfully disallowed due to a “significant human error” by the VAR team, who mistook the on-field decision for onside and advised the referee to stick with the linesman’s call. Audio released by the PGMOL after the game revealed\u00a0it took about 30 seconds for VAR Darren England and his assistant Daniel Cook to judge Diaz was onside.<\/p>\n
But not realising the linesman had flagged it offside, VAR said: “Check complete, check complete. That’s fine, perfect,” leading to the goal being chalked off. The replay operator then pointed out the mistake as VAR could be heard swearing,\u00a0before stating that they “can’t do anything” as they’ve “restarted the game”.<\/p>\n
A statement from the PGMOL after the match outlined several key changes to their system\u00a0to help mitigate against the risk of similar errors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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One of which was ” a new VAR Communication Protocol” to “enhance the clarity of communication between the referee and the VAR team in relation to on-field decisions”. According to the Times, part of the PGMOL’s pledge to improve communication is by drafting in British Airways pilots to help with the process.<\/p>\n
Pilots Chris Heaven and Pete Nataraj were keen to emphasise the importance of “brief and direct” communication rather than informal dialogue and laddish chat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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