VAR was supposed to help cut out egregious and costly refereeing mistakes but the technology has come under heavy fire from Premier League managers who have lost faith in the system. The video assistant referee was introduced in the 2019/20 season for “clear and obvious errors” or “serious missed incidents” in specific situations. The promise was that it would lead to “more correct and fairer judgements”, even though the Premier League conceded that 100 per cent accuracy was impossible.

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