REFS’ chief Howard Webb is set to explain tonight how the staggering Old Trafford VAR blunder unfolded.
Video ref Matt Donohue and assistant Blake Antrobus paid the price for their howler with both dropped from duties.
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And while Manchester United do not plan to take it any further after Erling Haaland’s City derby winner, Pro Ref leader Webb is expected to go through the entire incident in front of TV cameras.
Haaland’s second-half goal – with Pro Ref conceding it should have been ruled out for offside against Enzo Fernandez – is due to be the focal point of the first edition of this season’s Match Officials Mic’d Up show.
Webb will be able to play out the communication between Donohue and Antrobus in the Stockley Park video booth before Michael Oliver was told to signal the goal for City.
Oliver recognised the scale of the mistake, apparent to Pro Ref bosses almost as soon as the goal was awarded.
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Webb gave the green light for Pro Ref to make a public admission of the “error of judgement” within three hours of the final whistle on Sunday.
He is now set to lay out the procedural cock-ups that were made and give an indication of the steps that will be adopted to prevent a repeat.
It comes after Donohue and Antrobus were dumped off the match list.
A Pro Ref spokesman said: “Matt Donohue and Blake Antrobus have not received appointments this weekend following the Manchester derby on Sunday.
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“The decision made by Chief Refereeing Officer Howard Webb and the management team comes as the latest match official appointments are released, meaning the VAR and AVAR respectively from the Manchester United v Manchester City fixture will not officiate until at least after the international break.”
Former school teacher Donohue is understood to be a Tottenham fan from Essex but who moved to Manchester for university and still lives in the city.
He was contacted by Webb minutes after the final whistle, for an explanation for his mistake.
Donohue, 38, was on the receiving end from Harry Maguire last season when the United defender saw red at Bournemouth.
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The FA hit Maguire with an extra match ban after Donohue reported he said “you’re all a f***ing joke” to officials at the end.
Prem chiefs feel that Webb’s decision for Pro Ref to take “ownership” of the error has helped take some of the heat out of the situation.
The Mic’d Up programme will make clear strong recommendations moving forward.
Webb also faces a grilling from Mikel Arteta for Sunderland’s spot-kick award against his Arsenal side on Saturday.
Man Utd ratings: Diogo Dalot and Patrick Dorgu prove costly at the back as Kobbie Mainoo impressive in the middle
DIOGO DALOT and Patrick Dorgu exposed Man Utd’s defensive frailties as bitter rivals Man City stole all three points in the Manchester derby
Erling Haaland scored a hugely controversial winner after VAR overturned an offside call.
Replays showed Patrick Dorgu played Haaland onside, while City’s new £125million man Enzo Fernandez was incredibly deemed to have not been interfering with play.
Kobbie Mainoo was really put to the test against a rock solid City midfielder, but grabbed the game by the lapels in the second half and was hugely unlucky not to score.
Here’s how SunSport’s Samuel Luckhurst rated the Red Devils at Old Trafford.
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