The PGMOL's chief refereeing officer Howard Webb does not agree with Micheal Oliver's decision to award West Ham United a penalty during Erik ten Hag's final game in charge of Manchester United on October 27, Afrosport reports. The decision was awarded by Oliver who was on VAR duty after a challenge by Man United defender Matthijs de Ligt on West Ham striker Danny Ings. However, David...
Premier League Referees' Chief Howard Webb claims there has been a massive 80% reduction in the number of errors made by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) this season, Afrosport reports. Since the introduction of the VAR in the Premier League in 2019, high-profile errors still go unchecked week in and week out, and stakeholders keep wondering if VAR has come to make football decisions more accurate...
With the return of club football, the Premier League released a report detailing the use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the ongoing 2022-23 Premier League season. A five-person independent panel was set up to conduct a weekly review of the key match incidents (KMI) for all games, and it has been discovered that six of the VAR decisions were incorrect. The panel noted that...
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