Gary Neville, former Manchester United captain who’s presently a football pundit, has called on the Premier League to introduce the semi-automated offside.
Recall that a controversial incident happened in Tottenham Hotspurs’ 2-1 win over Liverpool on Saturday evening at the Tottenham Stadium.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) apologized to Liverpool, admitting that Luis Diaz’s goal against Tottenham Hotspur should have stood.
Diaz broke in behind the Spurs defence before firing past Guglielmo Vicario into the bottom corner.
However, the linesman raised his flag indicating an offside but VAR intervened, the TV cameras didn’t show the offside lines, with the Colombian seemingly onside.
The referee ruled out the goal with Spurs scoring a few minutes later in the encounter.
Neville tweeted: “Goal-line Technology and Offside have been the two pillars of accuracy with VAR.
“I’ve lost some confidence in the last month on offsides and this today erodes it further. Bring in the automated system straight away.”
When a semi-automated system is used, there is no need to draw or activate lines.
Instead, a virtual offside line is generated automatically in addition to accurately identifying skeleton points — including head, toes, upper arm and knees — on multiple players simultaneously.