James Tarkowski was very well well after his tackle on the calf of Alexis Mac Allister during the derby between Liverpool and Everton (1-0). The Captain of the Toffees received only a yellow card for his intervention far too committed to his opponent and was able to play the rest of the meeting. This action is a lot of talk today in England where we wonder about the role of the Var. She did not intervene when she should have alerted Samuel Barrott, the field referee, her initial error.
A few hours after the whistle, the Association of English referees (PGMOL) rear machine and recognizes that the defender had to receive a direct red card after his tackle. For PGMOL, Tarkowski plays the ball well at first, but the nature of his intervention corresponds to the criteria of a serious fault. One review by the Var should have been done in order to call the arbitrator to an audit of the images himself, that he could cancel his first decision to lead to a red card.
