Paul Merson has laid into former Premier League referee Mike Dean, amid a heated dialogue over the VAR controversy of final weekend’s sport between Tottenham and Liverpool.
The Reds had what would have been the opening purpose wrongly dominated out for offside as they misplaced 2-1 at Spurs, with supervisor Jurgen Klopp later calling for the match to be replayed.
And the dialogue has rumbled on into the brand new Premier League weekend, with Merson and Dean participating in an intense disagreement on Sky Sports activities‘ Soccer Saturday.
Speculating about reforms which may very well be made to refereeing, Dean mentioned: “The best way ahead: do you get ex gamers in? For me, no, as a result of I simply do not assume…half of them do not know the legal guidelines of the sport full cease as you’ll be able to inform by what you [Merson] mentioned about restarting video games for the sake of it.”
An aggravated Merson responded: “‘For the sake of it’? ‘For the sake of it’? What do you imply ‘for the sake of it’? You are enjoying Liverpool towards Tottenham, one of many greatest video games and also you’re saying ‘for the sake of it’.”
The ex-Arsenal and England midfielder went on to take a dig at Dean for not having been a participant himself. He continued:
“There is not any regulation. Nobody goes to die so cease the sport. You are all scared. You are all like, ‘Oh my god, I will get in hassle’. Cease the sport. Cease the sport after which have a look at the circumstances.
“Significantly, it is typical you haven’t performed the sport. As a result of the principles, it is completely different.”
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