By Frank McAvennie

7th Oct, 2023 | 2:36pm

Liverpool told to 'stop paying' for VAR as controversy rages on after 'two idiots' get decision horribly wrong - pundit

Premier League teams told to “stop paying” for VAR after Liverpool offside controversy.

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, former West Ham striker Frank McAvennie can’t believe referees are being paid to make “stupid” mistakes in the VAR room.

Luis Diaz had a goal wrongly disallowed when Liverpool faced Tottenham last weekend after miscommunication between the VAR and onfield officials.

The Reds went on to lose the game 2-1 after a late winner for Spurs, with the wrongly disallowed goal proving even more costly.

PGMOL have since released the audio from the incident where the VAR Darren England mistakenly believed that the onfield decision had been to award the goal and told referee Simon Hooper that the check had been completed.

The refereeing body admitted that the officials got the decision wrong and the goal should have stood.

McAvennie couldn’t believe the incompetence of the referees.

“It is disgraceful but it is never going to change,” he told Football Insider.

“It is just going to get worse until somebody stops it. The teams will stop paying for it if these things keep happening. Once they stop paying for it then it will not happen.

“Why would you pay for two idiots sitting somewhere not watching the game to get decisions right? That is what they are paid for.

“I keep saying put ex-pros in there and that would have sorted it, they would not have let them start the game again. Why are you paying two referees to do it when it was the producer who pointed out the mistake? It is just stupid.“

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