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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

Jürgen Klopp reveals he would vote to scrap VAR in Premier League

Jürgen Klopp
Jürgen Klopp said Wolves, Liverpool’s opponents on Sunday, were ‘the most unlucky team I ever saw with VAR decisions’. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters

Jürgen Klopp has said he would scrap video assistant referees for the simple reason that Professional Game Match Officials Ltd is “not able to use it properly”.

The Liverpool manager gave a damning assessment of the referees’ body at his final pre-match press conference, when asked whether he would vote to keep or scrap VAR at next month’s Premier League annual general meeting. Liverpool are understood to be in favour of retaining VAR but their outgoing manager has a differing view owing to how it has been implemented in the Premier League.

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