Michael Salisbury, the VAR official on the centre of Chelsea’s controversial win over Fulham on Saturday, has been dropped from his duties forward of ’s conflict with at Anfield.
Salisbury has been changed by John Brooks after the Skilled Recreation Match Officers Board [PGMOL] acknowledged an error was made
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Josh King’s aim was disallowed following a prolonged VAR assessment, with Salisbury instructing on-field referee Robert Jones to seek the advice of the pitchside monitor and assess a foul by Rodrigo Muniz within the build-up.
Referee Jones was despatched to the pitchside monitor (Getty Photographs)
The PGMOL didn’t assume the incident met the the “excessive bar” required for intervention and was not a transparent and apparent error and acknowledged that the “referee’s name” ought to have stood.
Referee Jones judged there had been a “careless problem” on Trevoh Chalobah by Muniz within the build-up, with Fulham supervisor Marco Silva livid on the resolution. Howard Webb has contacted Fulham following the error.
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“Unbelievable the aim was disallowed,” mentioned Silva after the 2-0 defeat, with the Fulham boss additionally sad with the quantity of stoppage time on the finish of the primary half through which Joao Pedro scored Chelsea’s first aim.
“After the second nook it was already 9 minutes of extra-time. The sport didn’t cease through the eight minutes, so the sport must be stopped after the primary nook.”
Chris Kavanagh stays the on-field referee for the assembly between Liverpool and Arsenal, with Brooks the VAR.