In-stadium VAR announcements to be trialled in Carabao Cup semi-finals

Referees will also announce to supporters factual matters such as accidental handball by a goalscorer or offside judgments. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

In-stadium VAR announcements are to be trialled for the first time in English football in the Carabao Cup semi-finals next week.

Arsenal’s first leg at home against Newcastle will be the first game to trial the ­announcements, when a referee explains over the ­stadium’s public address system their final decision after a visit to the pitch-side monitor.