Howard Webb says that VAR errors in the Premier League are significantly down from this time last season.
Referees' chief Howard Webb says there has been an 80% reduction in the number of video assistant referee errors this season.
In June Premier League clubs voted 19-1 in favour of keeping VAR after Wolverhampton Wanderers triggered a vote to scrap it. "We knew it was always going to be a situation where it was going to do well on those clear situations, the ones where you think, 'that’s clearly wrong on first view'. We're good at spotting those most of the time.
"I said to the guys, 'don’t ponder for too long, if you see a situation that jumps off the screen at you then get involved, but if you’re having to think about it too much and analyse it too many times then just say check complete because we’ll leave it with the referee on the field'. That’s why the term, 'referee’s call' is useful.
VAR Peter Bankes and assistant VAR Simon Long did not overturn the decision because they mistakenly thought it did not meet the threshold for an on-field review.
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