Premier League claims 96% of VAR calls are right amid issues

February 8, 2024 Trending News

A top Premier League chief has proclaimed that 96% of refereeing decisions this season have been correct. Tony Scholes, the division’s Chief Football Officer, made the comments during a recent interview with Sky Sports.

Scholes insisted that VAR has helped boost this officiating accuracy in recent years. He claimed that referees were only right about 82% of the time before VAR was introduced.

“VAR is, and remains, a very effective tool in supporting the match officials on the pitch,” Scholes told the news outlet.

The statistics regarding VAR come from the opinions of the Key Match Incidents panel (KMI). Premier League officials created the panel two years ago by appointing several former players, former coaches, and referees. This group reports their thoughts on big decisions during matches to the league and the Professional Match Game Officials Limited (PGMOL).

According to the panel, there have been 20 total VAR errors during the 2023/24 season. However, 17 (85%) of these mistakes, according to the Premier League, occurred when VAR officials failed to intervene in a refereeing mistake.

As far as the three remaining errors, one happened during a debacle involving Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. Liverpool winger Luis Diaz incorrectly had a goal chalked off in the match due to miscommunication in the VAR room. The remaining two mishaps were described as “subjective errors” by officials. This involved wrongly disallowing a Burnley goal against Nottingham Forest and Arsenal not receiving a penalty kick against Manchester United in September.

Executive also admits league needs VAR improvement

While Scholes mostly applauded the use of VAR in the Premier League, he also admitted that there needs to be changes. Scholes specifically picked out two main issues with the implementation of VAR. First of all, Scholes believes reviews are taking too long in league games.

“We are doing too many checks, we’re taking too long in doing…


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Author : Chris Moore

Publish date : 2024-02-08 17:22:42

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