Referees Darren England and Dan Cook will not be working on any Premier League matches this weekend.
The two officials have been stood down for another round of fixtures amid the ongoing fallout from last weekend’s VAR controversy.
VAR officials England and Cook were originally replaced for two games after VAR wrongly disallowed Luis Diaz’ goal to give Liverpool a 1-0 lead on Saturday, but that has now been extended to a further round of fixtures.
Simon Hooper, the on-field referee for the Tottenham-Liverpool contest and fourth official for Monday’s subsequent Fulham game, will be the VAR official when Everton host Bournemouth this Saturday.
Criticism of referees’ body PGMOL has continued to intensify following a succession of controversial calls, which included Liverpool being denied a rightful goal in their defeat at Tottenham.
PGMOL has committed to a full review after being forced to release a statement late on Saturday, which accepted the decision to disallow Luiz’s goal was the result of “significant human error”.
