The decision to disallow Liverpool Diaz’s goal for offside during Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Tottenham was wrong. Even the PGMOL acknowledged a significant human error occurred during the first half of Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool.

It was a completely ludicrous decision from the VAR and officials during the Tottenham Liverpool game.

This was disgrace. A disgrace which happened here, where the British proudly decree that the game - we all adore so much - will be refereed accurately, with the help of VAR.

However, every week we come across absurd decisions and baffling excuses. The major problem for Howard Webb [Technical director of the Professional Game Match Officials Board] is very clear and obvious: Referees are making too many errors on his watch, and consequently clubs are losing points and games. Webb must get a grip of this. Webb must prove he has not only the will but the ability to do it. Otherwise, he becomes part of the problem.

When Mike Riley was in charge of the PGMOL, he was forced out as the Premier League clubs were making too many complaints about what was happening under his watch. He must be laughing now, and I assume he is curious about how Webb will recover from this issue.

Make no mistake, it is unacceptable for the credibility and image of the match officials to be eroded as much as this. Their integrity is now in question, and when that happens the game is in danger of collapsing. The Premier League simply does not have enough officials who can be regarded as part of the elite. From my opinion there is just one – Michael Oliver.

Some say that another elite referee is Antony Taylor. Not for me! He was always on a mission that Chelsea FC drew or lost their games – he was determined that Chelsea didn’t get the correct decisions at all.

Without enough top class referees, we are stumbling on with second class (sub-standard) officials who give the impression that it is the job for the boys; an impression which former referee Mike Dean failed to dispel when he recently admitted he avoided making a VAR call at the climax of Chelsea’s 2:2 draw with Tottenham last August - because he did not want to cause his friend Antony Taylor any grief.

The Tottenham Liverpool game also saw The Reds compromised by two controversial red cards. The first was given to Curtis Jones for a foul on Yves Bissouma after just 26 minutes following a VAR intervention, before half-time substitute Diogo Jota followed him down the tunnel with more than 20 minutes remaining after picking up a quickfire double booking.

The Premier League’s Independent adjudicators believe that Diogo Jota should not have been sent off. The panel consists of three ex-players or coaches and a Premier League and PGMOL representative.

However, the major issue on this game was the unique situation regarding the failure to award Luis Diaz’s 34th minute goal. The PGMOL commented, “The goal by Luiz Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials. This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.” PGMOL will conduct a full review into the circumstances which led to the error.

I was watching the game on Sky Sports live and I was stunned that Mike Dean (former referee and former VAR referee), now a guest-pundit giving his view on live games referees decision, said that no mistake was made – the referee and VAR just followed the law.

What law?

What are you talking about Dean?

Your mouth was full of rubbish and stupid excuses!

Seems to me you want to forget your “outstanding” refereeing decisions! You were the main referee for the Fulham v Chelsea game, in the Mourinho era. Didier Drogba’s goal was disallowed. If you recall, your comment at the time live on Sky Sports was, that “big decision” was wrong – so, we disallowed the Chelsea goal and the game restarted.

So, Mike Dean, a question to you and all the referees at the Tottenham Liverpool game and also to all at the PGMOL:

Why when the mistake was made by the VAR officials was the game not stopped, Diaz’s goal reinstated and then the game continued - as it had done in the Fulham v Chelsea match, where the goal was disallowed and then the game restarted?

With that goal, Liverpool could have won the game. They would be top of the table. Your poor decisions in this game meant the wrong club profited with three points instead.

If such decisions were made among the bottom six clubs, they could be relegated!

You say you are learning from game to game. It seems to me, you will never ever learn enough!