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\u201cI guarantee you that\u2019s what\u2019s happened. So that\u2019s why Sky were under direct orders to not say a single word about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
A source inside the PGMOL dismissed Foster\u2019s allegations as \u201cunfounded and simply not true\u201d. <\/p>\n
Another confirmed to The Independent <\/em>that the referees\u2019 body has no say or sway in what TV companies show. The Premier League\u2019s match centre, rather than the PGMOL, communicates only factual information to broadcasters. Indeed Sky Sports would have leapt at the chance to highlight a major VAR mistake, and did so once it had clarification of the error.<\/p>\n Sky Sports did not want to comment on Foster\u2019s claims, but sources pointed out that the half-time segment of the programme needed to cover two goals and a red card in an action-packed first half. The broadcaster later read out a PGMOL statement live on air and has since delved into extensive coverage of the incident, unpicking the moment in detail both on its Sky Sports News programmes and during Monday Night Football<\/em>.<\/p>\n Analyst Jamie Carragher criticised the decision by England not to intervene and halt the game once he understood that the wrong decision had been taken.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bit where I\u2019m really struggling is that they [VAR officials] must know within two seconds because Tottenham have taken a free-kick,\u201d Carragher said. \u201cI\u2019d be screaming at the referee that a mistake has been made but maybe they\u2019re saying they have to wait until the ball goes out of play. They\u2019re saying they stayed with protocol, that they\u2019re not allowed to stop [the match] but I don\u2019t believe that. They panicked, they froze.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that\u2019s the rule but that\u2019s a red-tape rule. If they had reversed it, we\u2019d have been praising their leadership. \u201cThere\u2019s talk that the officials didn\u2019t know until half-time that a mistake had been made but when that ball goes out of play [after the incident] the look on that referee\u2019s face… it\u2019s a look of something has gone wrong.\u201d<\/p>\nRecommended<\/h3>\n
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