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Gareth Southgate SLAMS VAR, says he never wanted it and wishes people 'just accept referees' decisions' - following the 'significant error' which led to Luis Diaz's strike against Tottenham being disallowed

Gareth Southgate has attacked VAR following the Luis Diaz controversy that has left the system under the microscope like never before.

Diaz wrongly had a goal ruled out for offside as Liverpool were beaten at Tottenham last Saturday, leading Reds boss Jurgen Klopp to demand the game be replayed.

England boss Southgate said: ‘I wasn’t for it in the first place. I don’t like it. We should just accept referees’ decisions.

‘But it’s unlikely to go back to a world without technology. It was never going to resolve every issue and there is no solution that will achieve that.