Referees chief Howard Webb expressed his frustration over the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) not intervening when Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was proven a crimson card throughout their 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur within the Premier League.
Fernandes obtained the crimson card within the forty second minute for a excessive problem on James Maddison at Old Trafford final month however finally evaded a three-match suspension after United efficiently appealed the choice.
“We released the audio; you can hear the assistant referee – who’s got a good view of it – just saying, ‘That looks awful, 100% red (card) for me,’” PGMOL head Webb mentioned on the Stick to Football podcast.
“From his angle it seemed it as a result of it seems to be just like the studs have gone in. But then there’s one other angle proven on the replay on Sky Sports. Straight away I’ve gone, ‘That’ll be an overturn,’ nevertheless it wasn’t.
“I was frustrated that we didn’t step in to rectify it because it was clearly wrong in my opinion, and he didn’t drive the studs in. If he had, then it would have been a red card.”
VAR was launched in 2019 to help on-field officers with key match choices, however the know-how has been on the middle of controversy, with complaints starting from its in depth evaluation to delays that may take a number of minutes.
Teams voted in favor of holding VAR in June regardless of vital criticism of the technology-aided officiating system final season.
Webb mentioned VAR has made far fewer errors this season.
“We have this independent panel that has ex-players on it, and they judge each decision each week. According to the panel – which is independent from us (PGMOL) – there have only been two VAR errors this season compared to 10 at the same time last year,” he added.
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