Paul Merson and Mike Dean's HEATED debate on VAR after Luis Diaz disallowed goal 😡

Paul Merson and Mike Dean clash over why Tottenham vs Liverpool could not be stopped after the VAR mistake which wrongly disallowed Luis Diaz's goal.

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[docjoekr]

Sorry but after that Simon Jordan interview where Dean admitted to not sending the ref to check VAR cause he felt like he’d had a ‘tough enough time already’ his point of view means nothing anymore

[yoditan]

I’m not the biggest Paul Merson fan but I laughed when he said “ did you think you were that clever you were never going to make a mistake”.

[pistolpete]

Mike Dean is rewarded for making blatantly incorrect decisions to protect his mate in his own words by getting a seat in Sky studio. And people still wonder why refereeing in England is outright incompetent.

[darudesandstrom]

Never thought I’d say this, but thank you Paul Merson for defending the integrity of football and voicing what all us fans are thinking about the officiating in the country

[jordanbyford]

Paul merson at the end is every football fan in the country this week what an legend 🤣🤣

[anwardarwin]

Mike Dean belittling the panel with his "for the sake of it" comment sums up how the PL refs think of players and fans. They have no accountability for their actions and are too arrogant to want to improve better.

[EbrahimLPatel]

The sacred laws of the VAR game that were enshrined in stone only about 5 years ago 😂

[TheSoops]

“It’s law that we can’t stop the game”, well according to the “law” a goal was scored. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[justgideon]

Thank you Paul Merson for defending us all and speaking out against that bunch of nonsense from Mike Dean

[KingsIndian]

When Paul Merson is the voice of reason you know we're in trouble!!!

[josephjoestar]

The fact that if the referee stopped the game to give the goal, he wouldn’t referee for the rest of the season is OUTRAGEOUS- but them clearly making a massive mistake and carrying on is fine? W****s the lot of them

[ginomoujik]

"You can't stop the game, it's the law!" except when a player restarted from an incorrect place. Then it's ok to stop the game and order re-start from two yards away. In this instance Tottenham restarted from an incorrect place, so stop the game and let them restart from mid of the circle

[gowiththeflowbee]

Nice to see an actual *HEATED* debate for once lol

[joshuafrancois]

😂😂😂 Mike Dean thought hr could patronise Merse… Merse caught that ‘for the sake of it’ clean and ran with it… bravo merse 👏🏽👏🏽

[tommyb]

"You say 'The law!'....THE POLICE AIN'T INVOLVED!" 😂👏👏👏👏 Well said Merse 👍👍👍

[alexcoyg]

It is ok to stop the game when a player gets a head injury or a fan runs on the field, but a goal is not as important i guess; they could and should have stopped the game...Nobody would blame them for making the right decision. The play continues after the ref sees an offside, but lets the players play it out and then stops the game, why they could not stop the game here makes Zero sense.

[lewishendo]

Mike dean literally said on peter crouchs podcast if aguero was on a yellow card when he took his top off for that goal in 2012 he would’ve not sent him off and would’ve bit the bullet, so why has he changed his mind on the law is the law???

[thesyn]

"It's the law! It's the law!"
what an excuse for those incompetent refs...

[jideakinola]

Dean is still doing what he’s always done, protect his mates. How he wormed himself onto a seat on Sky by doing the wrong thing is just unbelievable. Give the fella some credit.

[ianmiller]

What bothers me here is that Mike Dean is acting like this is not even a big deal and it’s a small mistake. He doesn’t care or even acknowledge this is terrible for the game and a huge error like this could be the difference in a title race. Paul Merson totally justified here.