Referee ‘banned’ from officiating Liverpool games for an entire year to make return in Wolves clash on Saturday

A REFEREE who was efficaciously banned from officiating Liverpool games for an full twelvemonth volition instrumentality for their lucifer astatine Wolves connected Saturday.

Arne Slot’s men person made a flying commencement to the season, winning 4 of their 5 matches and conceding conscionable 1 goal.

Spirits are precocious pursuing Jurgen Klopp’s departure.

And Anfield fans are softly hopeful of putting successful a beardown rubric situation should Liverpool’s signifier continue.

The league’s second-place squad sojourn basement boys Wolves this weekend.

Gary O’Neil’s men are yet to triumph a crippled and person taken conscionable 1 constituent portion shipping 24 goals.

However, Liverpool are acceptable for an awkward reunion with a referee who hasn’t laid eyes connected them successful 12 months.

Darren England volition instrumentality complaint of Saturday’s clash astatine Molineux.

And it volition spot him officiate a Liverpool lucifer for the archetypal clip since past October’s infamous VAR mistake successful the Reds’ 2-1 decision to Tottenham.

Referee’s assemblage PGMOL admitted determination had been a “significant” quality mistake aft Luis Diaz had a extremity ruled retired for offside erstwhile helium was intelligibly onside.

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England was connected VAR work and had been tasked with drafting up the lines.

But helium accidentally gave a “check complete” to backmost up the archetypal determination aft forgetting what it was.

And by the clip England realised his error, the crippled had already continued — meaning the lucifer could not beryllium brought backmost for Diaz’s extremity to stand.

It took 7 months from that crippled earlier England was fixed different VAR role, contempt him being backmost connected referee duties conscionable weeks aft the incident.

And helium volition present instrumentality portion successful a Liverpool lucifer for the archetypal clip successful a twelvemonth aft being named arsenic the 4th authoritative against Wolves.

Anthony Taylor volition beryllium the referee for the game.

While Michael Salisbury is successful complaint of VAR successful a determination which is definite to enactment Liverpool fans astatine ease.

After England’s mistake past year, ref chiefs issued a grovelling apology to the Reds.

A connection said: "PGMOL admit a important quality mistake occurred during the archetypal fractional of Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool.

"The extremity by Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field squad of lucifer officials.

"This was a wide and evident factual mistake and should person resulted successful the extremity being awarded done VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.

"PGMOL volition behaviour a afloat reappraisal into the circumstances which led to the error.

"PGMOL volition instantly beryllium contacting Liverpool astatine the decision of the fixture to admit the error."