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PGMOL chief Howard Webb has admitted James Tarkowski should have been sent off for his challenge on Alexis Mac Allister during the Merseyside derby at Anfield.

Tarkowski managed to escape a red card despite catching Mac Allister high on his leg as he looked to clear the ball away from Everton’s penalty area during the first-half of the clash earlier this month.

The challenge was reviewed by Tierney and his assistant Adam Nunn, although Barrott’s original decision to show just a yellow card to Tarkowski was upheld.



PGMOL chief Howard Webb has admitted James Tarkowski should have been sent off against Liverpool.

It’s an error by the match officials not to send James Tarkowski off.

“We said from the very outset of creating this show we would play situations that are a good use of VAR, but also play the ones where we don’t use it in the right way, and this was one of those examples.

“The referee recognizes on the field that Tarkowski plays the ball, and feels the way he does so is reckless.

The VAR then checks that on-field decision of a yellow card, and puts too much focus on the fact that Tarkowski plays the ball, you hear him talk about where else can his foot go, but Tarkowski makes a choice to play the ball in that way.

“When you are clearing a ball, playing a ball close to an opponent, you have to think about the opponent and the way you’re going to go into that challenge.

VAR in particular has had plenty of critics since its introduction, with Liverpool experiencing more than its fair share of mistakes - not least Luis Diaz’s wrongly disallowed goal last season at Tottenham.

On Tarkowski’s challenge, Webb added: “Sometimes you’ll see contacts happen that look really ugly on a freeze frame, but the player’s played the ball in a really normal way and maybe the opponent has stepped into the space where the player has to put his foot
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