VAR

Video: Gremio face 10-game stadium ban after supporters rampage and break VAR equipment
There were some unsavoury scenes in the Brazilian Serie A league this weekend, after Gremio supporters went on the rampage. According to...
Keith Hackett column: VAR checks for potential offside decisions were flawed
Will we see wider lines used on the VAR system operating on the Premier League this coming season ? The way VAR...
Marcus Danielson red card VAR review
Keith Hackett column: Slow-motion VAR replays at Euro 2020 are unfair and Marcus Danielson red card was harsh example
The way that foul challenges are being reviewed in the VAR process at Euro 2020 is something that I’m becoming very concerned...
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Premier League set to introduce major VAR change which will help attackers beat the offside trap
The Premier League is set to announce a major change that will revolutionise the way that VAR is used in English football,...
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Keith Hackett column: VAR has been a disaster from the day that the Premier League introduced it
I’m often asked my opinion on the subject of Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Well, it’s been a disaster from the day that...
Video - Firmino goal disallowed for Liverpool vs Aston Villa after Jota offside
Video: Liverpool on the wrong side of VAR as equalising Firmino goal is disallowed for contentious elbow VAR offside decision against Aston Villa
During stoppage-time of the first-half of action between Liverpool and Aston Villa in this afternoon’s Premier League tie, the Reds thought they...
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Mark Halsey column: Don’t blame Harry Kane or Mo Salah if they go down under the slightest contact, the system needs to change
Player simulation is happening every single week in the Premier League now. You can watch any game in the English top-flight, as...
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‘Never been a referee’ – VAR scandal laid bare as decisions being overruled by ‘analysts’
Although it’s been part of football for almost two seasons now, VAR remains a piece of technology that is divisive. That’s more...
Video: Fulham’s Scott Parker believes this element of the game has taken the joy out of football
Fulham manager, Scott Parker, has every right to feel aggrieved ahead of the weekend’s fixtures. His side were denied an equaliser against...
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Image: VAR farce at the Etihad – Manchester City robbed of goal by extraordinarily pedantic offside call
The VAR offside margins are getting more and more pedantic as the weeks pass. Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte was robbed of...
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Video - Martinez pulls Lacazette at corner during Arsenal vs Villa
Video: Lacazette and Emi Martinez tussle at corner with these Arsenal fans convinced ‘stonewall penalty’ was denied as FA are urged to ‘explain’ latest decision against Gunners with VAR nowhere to be seen
The 57th minute of this afternoon’s Premier League encounter between Aston Villa and Arsenal, controversy struck when Alexandre Lacazette and ex-Gunners ace...
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‘VAR has become an obsession’ – England’s top referee says he won’t be swayed by the technology
It’s not often that referees are allowed to open up to any great extent, so in many ways, it’s a relief to...