Alan Shearer makes point about Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag after VAR’s Liverpool blunder

Alan Shearer says the failings of VAR in Liverpool’s defeat to Tottenham opens the possibility that Erik ten Hag may have been right to call Alejandro Garnacho’s offside call against Arsenal incorrect.

Garnacho thought he had won last month's game for Manchester United when he broke clear of the Gunners' defence to guide the ball home in the 89th minute at the Emirates. However, VAR adjudged the winger to have been fractionally offside and the strike was overturned.

Arsenal ultimately went on to score two stoppage-time goals to win 3-1 and Ten Hag berated the decisions of the officials post-match. "You saw the game, but it’s no offside. Wrong angle," he told Sky Sports.

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Former Premier League referee Mike Dean later admitted the camera angle used for the VAR offside call was not the best, telling Sky: "You can't fault the technology, they put the lines in the right place. I understand where the manager is coming from because the angle isn't ideal, but we have the technology in the hub to put the lines in the right position."

However, Shearer has now made the point that perhaps the technology cannot be blindly trusted given the incorrect decision to rule out Luis Diaz’s goal against Tottenham in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat.

PGMOL released a statement after the game which said the VAR, Darren England, believed on-field referee Simon Hooper had awarded the goal, prompting him to say ‘check complete’ after viewing the footage.

Play restarted seconds after the miscall meaning that, under the laws of the game, the phase of play could not be brought back to correct the mistake.

"What this does is that it throws chaos