OFFICIAL: Premier League set to use semi-automated offside technology next term
A number of Premier League matches this season have featured VAR errors, such as Tottenham Hotspur's meeting against Liverpool on matchday seven of the English top-flight.
The Premier League game in London was goalless at the time of the incident, in the 34th minute. Colombia forward Luis Diaz put the ball in the net but was wrongly flagged for offside. The video assistant referee (VAR), however, failed to overrule the decision.
PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Limited), the governing body for referees, issued a statement acknowledging a "significant error" had been made. But Liverpool put out their own statement the following day saying "sporting integrity has been undermined".
As a result, the Premier League clubs have decided to adopt semi-automatic offside technology to make their matches much fairer and more competitive in the 2024/25 campaign.
"The technology will provide quicker and consistent placement of the virtual offside line, based on optical player tracking, and will produce high-quality broadcast graphics to ensure an enhanced in-stadium and broadcast experience for supporters," the English league wrote on their website.
The technology used will be the same as that of UEFA for the Champions League, i.e. it will be slightly different to that used by FIFA.
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