VAR is here to stay–Premier League tells Man City, others

There would be changes to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) which has come to stay in England, says the Professional Game Match Officials Limited.

This was the outcome of today’s meeting between the body and the premier league clubs.

“At a Shareholders’ meeting today, the implementation of VAR was discussed at length and the Premier League and PGMOL committed to improving the consistency of decisions, speeding up processes and increasing communication to fans.

“PGMOL managing director Mike Riley addressed the clubs and accepted improvement is required.

“While VAR is an ongoing process and has corrected a significant number of on-field errors, he explained that speed and consistency of decision-making are priority areas of work and will improve as the officials become more experienced with the technology and protocols.

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“The clear and obvious test was reaffirmed for subjective decisions to narrow the area of debate.”