James Tarkowski should have been sent during the defeat of Everton to Liverpool on Wednesday, recognized the arbitration body of the Premier League.
Tarkowski caught the Liverpool midfielder, Alexis Mac Allister, just below the knee with his crampons in the 11th minute of the Merseyside derby in Anfield.
Everton’s central rear was shown a yellow card and the assistant video referee (VAR) decided not to take any other measure after a 10 -second review.
But the BBC Sport was informed by the Professional match match Limited (PGMOL) that the platform reached the threshold for a serious unfair game.
PGMOL’s opinion is that a review on the ground should have been recommended to referee Sam Barrott and, ultimately, the initial decision reversed.
Referee Barrott considered that the challenge was reckless in real time and Var Paul Tierney said that the call to be a clear and obvious error.
Liverpool was contacted by PGMOL on this subject.
Speaking on Thursday, the boss of Liverpool, Arne Slot, said: “It is always good if they think they made a mistake, they recognize it.”
He added: “I think it’s a season OK for the referees in England, in fact. Errors are made, the most important thing is that this does not influence the league table, but it is normal for this to be the case.”
Everton manager David Moyes admitted that Tarkowksi had the chance to stay on the ground, and Tarkowski apologized to Mac Allister.
PGMOL says it wants to operate in a transparent manner by admitting errors, and said that this incident should be treated immediately, rather than waiting for Howard Webb’s next appearance.,, external
In an update on February 4, the Premier League said that there had been 13 Var mistakes this season, which was down compared to 20 at the same time last season.
These errors were four incorrect Var interventions and nine missed interventions from the first 23 laps of matches.
The update said that the VAR intervention rate was on average one in three games in early February.
The league also said that the accuracy of “key match incidents” was 96.4%, compared to 95.7% at the corresponding point last season.
