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It would be almost three months before he refereed a top-flight game again

"The aftermath obviously was really difficult to deal with,"England said.

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  • It would be almost three months before he refereed a top-flight game again, and he did not return to full rotation until February.

It would be almost three months before he refereed a top-flight game again, and he did not return to full rotation until February.

"The aftermath obviously was really difficult to deal with,"England said. What followed was a period of intense media scrutiny which England and his family were not prepared for."Once I realised I'd made the error, it's a really difficult place to try to forget that and move on,"England told BBC Sport.

"I did a lot of work with a sports psychologist,"England said. A lot of resilience was needed, as well as experience. Darren England said refereeing is about low points and high points after a video assistant referee error three years ago stalled his career for months. Despite a VAR image showing Diaz was onside, England said"check complete"in a lapse of concentration.

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