VAR: Referees' body PGMOL acknowledges controversial calls at Chelsea and Newcastle as mistakes

By Daily Sports Nigeria on September 5, 2022

 

Referees' body PGMOL has acknowledged the VAR incidents at Chelsea and Newcastle on Saturday as mistakes, after the Premier League asked the officiating board to investigate them.

Saturday's Premier League action was marred by a series of decisions that were either overturned thanks to the intervention of VAR or not given despite the presence of the review system, which infuriated managers of multiple teams, who were unable to contain their feelings post-match.

After the Premier League called for an investigation into the circumstances around key decisions at Stamford Bridge and St James' Park, Sky Sports News understands the PGMOL believes errors were made in the incidents that denied West Ham and Newcastle goals.

In west London, West Ham were denied a late equaliser when Maxwel Cornet's goal was chalked off after a VAR review judged that Jarrod Bowen had fouled Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy in the build-up.

Hammers midfielder Declan Rice later called it "one of the worst VAR decisions since it came into the game".

Meanwhile, in the North East, Newcastle had what would have been a winning goal disallowed for a foul by Joe Willock on Crystal Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita - despite Tyrick Mitchell pushing Willock into Guaita.

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe said: "It was a perfectly good goal in my opinion."

Other incidents on Saturday included:

  • Leeds not being awarded a penalty for a tackle on Crysencio Summerville by Aaron Hickey in their defeat at Brentford.
  • Philippe Coutinho's goal against Manchester City being disallowed after the assistant referee incorrectly flagged for offside, with VAR unable to overturn the decision as the whistle was blown before the ball went in.

There have been other flashpoints over the first weeks of the season. Chelsea were the victims of an incorrect call last month, with Mike Dean - who was on VAR duty at the time - later admitting he should have advised a red card for Spurs defender Cristian Romero after he pulled Marc Cucurella's hair at a corner.

Dean claimed in a newspaper column he had just a "few seconds" to review the incident, despite taking more than a minute to decide Romero had no case to answer.

Antonio Conte was left perplexed by VAR decisions that went against his side against both Nottingham Forest and West Ham, with the Spurs boss questioning whether the Premier League should get rid of the system completely as "no one is happy" with it.

Source Sky Sports

Posted September 5, 2022


 

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