The Premier League says its Video Assistant Referee system (VAR) has made 13 errors so far this season, including four “incorrect interventions”.
Refereeing has been in the spotlight this season amid growing scrutiny over the quality of officiating at the top of the English game. A number of contentious decisions have stoked calls for VAR to be pared back or even scrapped, while the controversy around referee David Coote, who was sacked after a video surfaced showing him call the former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp a “German c***”, only intensified criticism of officials.