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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Is VAR modern football’s most clear and obvious error?

Crystal Palace fans gave their verdict on VAR some time ago – their view is unlikely to have changed despite that disallowed Newcastle goal.
Crystal Palace fans gave their verdict on VAR some time ago – their view is unlikely to have changed despite that disallowed Newcastle goal. Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty

IS IT TIME TO CONSULT THE MONITOR?

Sky Sports News did their usual Monday morning thing today, summoning former ref Dermot Gallagher to forensically examine the more contentious refereeing decisions from the weekend’s Premier League action in the company of a couple of former pros, who’ve probably seen them given, Clive. They had no shortage of material to work with, what with the curtain-twitchers in the Stockley Park VAR bunker having spent the weekend conveying the impression somebody had spiked the tea urn with a couple of bottles of hooch and a few handfuls of mind-altering mushrooms, all the better to help them keep the football-watching public entertained, outraged or amused, depending on their affiliations.

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