Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the PGMOL admitting they made a mistake not sending off James Tarkowski in the Merseyside Derby
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
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00:00We understand that the PGMOL have acknowledged
00:02that James Tarkowski's yellow card last night should have been changed to a red.
00:06How do you react to that, and what do you think of the effectiveness and consistency of VAR
00:10when the officials' bosses turn it around and question a big decision in a big game?
00:17I think it's always good that if they think they've made a mistake,
00:22that they acknowledge that.
00:24And we all know that mistakes are being made in a football match by us, by me,
00:29by referees, and it's good that they acknowledged the mistake,
00:34but I think it was so clear what I said yesterday,
00:39that so many pundits that are not Liverpool fans,
00:44all of them were clear about it as well.
00:46So it's good that they acknowledged it, and let's go on to Sunday.
00:50I should also add that, obviously, I've had complaints about the goal and potential offside,
00:55but at the same time it seems to me that that's more the way the law is written
00:58rather than a mistake by VAR.
01:00Yeah, I agree, because I conceded a goal like this when I was at Feyenoord against Atletico Madrid.
01:08Actually, then the linesman raised his flag, but then VAR interfered saying,
01:13yeah, but the player that was offside didn't interfere with the situation.
01:17I disagreed with that completely!
01:22As I said yesterday, I disagreed with the rule, because I don't like the rule.
01:26Now, OK, it was in a moment where Everton were playing in a low block,
01:31but most teams that are offensive want to have a high press,
01:34they want to go to the halfway line to play some players in an offside position,
01:39and then when the goalkeeper kicks it long, Virgil and Nebo go for a duel
01:42with a player that's in an offside position.
01:44I always tell the linesman that it's offside,
01:46and he always tells me that he doesn't interfere with the play.
01:50So, the rule was executed in the way it should, which was good for us,
01:55but I don't like the rule.