EPL’s 14 VAR howlers so bad that refs had to apologise ft. Arsenal, Liverpool…
Video Assistant Referees (VAR) have been around in the Premier League since the beginning of the 2019-2020 season and it's safe to say they've made some howlers in that time.
No technology will ever be able to be 100% accurate, especially in the case of VAR when some rules of the game are highly up for interpretation. With that being said, the people in charge of the technology have made some huge howlers over the years.
We've gone back over the last two years and have found the 14 times that VAR has got it so wrong that PGMOL have had to issue an official apology.
The first apology came after Andy Madley awarded a penalty for handball against Aston Villa's Lucas Digne, having initially waved play on. Madley changed his mind after watching the footage on the pitch side monitor which was later judged to be a mistake.
The Hammers were denied a late equaliser after Jarrod Bowen was wrongly penalised for a foul on Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
“It is a scandalous decision, absolutely rotten from one of the supposedly elite referees,” David Moyes told Sky Sports after the game. “It doesn't say much about whoever sent him over from VAR as well. It is an unbelievable decision against us.”
Crystal Palace's Tyrick Mitchell was saved by VAR on this occasion after his own goal was disallowed after Newcastle's Joe Willock was wrongly ruled to have impeded Vicente Guaita.
Arsenal can count themselves unfortunate in this one after Gabriel Martinelli's goal was disallowed after VAR incorrectly deemed that Martin Odegaard had fouled Christian Eriksen in the build-up.
“In my opinion, it's never a foul,” Odegaard told Sky Sports. “The referee sees it and plays play on. It's a soft challenge and for VAR to come in it has to be clear and
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