Manchester United return to Premier League action this afternoon hopeful that the game will not be dominated by officiating errors
The Premier League has warned Manchester United, Brentford and the remaining 18 clubs that they should not expect VAR to get every decision correct this weekend and in the future.
However, a couple of days later, the FA ruled that United's appeal for wrongful dismissal should be upheld and the suspension was rescinded. This led to question marks over why VAR did not intervene to overrule the decision which could ultimately have changed the course of that match.READ MORE: Why VAR did not overturn Fernandes' red card vs Spurs
"The independent Key Match Incident panel was introduced in Season 2022/23, with the panel members responsible for providing analysis and an independent assessment of both on-field and VAR decisions. The KMI panel has deemed that there have been two VAR errors during the first seven match rounds of the 2024/25 season, a decrease from the ten errors during the first seven rounds of the 2023/24 campaign.
"This high threshold helps keeps VAR delays to a minimum. The average VAR delay to Premier League matches in Season 2024/25 currently stands at 28 seconds per match, which is a large reduction on the average delay of 64 seconds per match across the whole of the 2023/24 campaign."