Tag: VAR

17 May 2024 0

Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool boss says he would vote to scrap VAR

By Total Football News

Klopp said it has been the “most intense” week of his life as he prepares to take charge of Liverpool for the last time.

The 56-year-old German will leave the club after Liverpool’s Premier League season finale against Wolves at Anfield at Sunday.

“Saying goodbye I don’t think is ever nice but saying goodbye without feeling sad or hurt, that would just mean the time we spent together was not

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16 May 2024 0

VAR vote: Premier League clubs unlikely to vote to scrap VAR

By Total Football News

As yet, Wolves are the only club to publicly declare their intention to vote in favour of scrapping VAR.

Nottingham Forest declined to comment, but given their recent statements over VAR they could side with Wolves.

Leicester City and Ipswich Town will both be at the meeting after their promotion to the Premier League. Neither club has communicated their views on the vote but VAR does not operate in the

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15 May 2024 0

VAR vote: Wayne Rooney says VAR has taken enjoyment out of the game

By Total Football News

The call which was the straw which ultimately broke the camel’s back for Wolves was the decision to rule out Max Kilman’s injury-time leveller against West Ham last month.

Wolves lost 2-1 at home, harming their European hopes at the time, after Tawanda Chirewa was adjudged to be offside and blocking Lukasz Fabianski, therefore interfering with play.

O’Neil called it one of the worst decisions he had ever seen

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15 May 2024 0

VAR: Premier League clubs to vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees

By Total Football News

Premier League clubs will vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees (VAR) from next season at their annual general meeting next month.

Wolves have formally submitted a resolution to the Premier League which will trigger a vote when the 20 member clubs meet in Harrogate on 6 June.

The club said VAR was introduced “in good faith” but has led to “numerous unintended negative consequences that are damaging the

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2 May 2024 0

Nottingham Forest: Nuno says club feel vindicated over VAR anger

By Total Football News

Nuno insisted he “still believes” all three decisions should have resulted in spot-kicks.

He added: “The PGMOL clearly said the third one was a penalty but unfortunately they [the officials on the day] got it wrong. It’s happened before when the panel has decided and said it was the other way round. We cannot be bothered by that.

“I always try to be respectful, I try to understand how hard

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23 April 2024 0

Nottingham Forest offered chance to hear VAR audio by PGMOL

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest will be offered the chance to privately hear VAR audio from three penalty claims in their match against Everton last Sunday.

On Monday, the club called for the audio between video assistant referee Stuart Attwell and on-field official Anthony Taylor to be released publicly.

Forest were furious after three penalty appeals were rejected in the 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park, which kept them just a point above the

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22 April 2024 0

Nottingham Forest did not ask for VAR official to be changed

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest did not ask for Stuart Attwell to be taken off video assistant referee duties for their match against Everton, BBC Sport has been told.

Following their 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park on Sunday, Forest posted on X, external that they are “considering their options” over “extremely poor” refereeing decisions they felt went against them.

The club said they had “warned” the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL)

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21 April 2024 0

Nottingham Forest question VAR official in Everton defeat and ‘consider options’

By Total Football News
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Nottingham Forest say they are “considering their options” over “extremely poor” refereeing decisions following their 2-0 defeat at Everton.

The club said they had “warned” the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL) that “the VAR is a Luton fan but they didn’t change him”.

“Three extremely poor decisions – three penalties not given – which we simply cannot accept,” the club said on Xexternal-link.

“Our patience has been

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7 April 2024 0

Wolves chairman questions role of VAR after disallowed Max Kilman effort

By Total Football News
Match of the Day analysis: Disallowing Wolves goal against West Ham ‘doesn’t make sense‘

Wolves chairman Jeff Shi has questioned the role of the video assistant referee after Max Kilman’s disallowed effort in their 2-1 loss to West Ham.

Kilman’s late header was ruled out with team-mate Tawanda Chirewa deemed to be blocking West Ham keeper Lukasz Fabianski’s view while offside.

Boss Gary O’Neil said it was “possibly the

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19 March 2024 0

Howard Webb: VAR right to stay out of Liverpool-Man City penalty decision says referees’ chief

By Total Football News
Manchester City's Jeremy Doku challenges Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister in the final seconds of their 1-1 Premier League draw
Manchester City’s Doku escaped giving away a penalty for this challenge on Liverpool’s Mac Allister in the final seconds of their 1-1 Premier League draw

Referees’ chief Howard Webb has said the video assistant referee (VAR) was right not to interfere as Liverpool were not given a late penalty in their recent 1-1 draw with Manchester City.

City winger Jeremy Doku caught Alexis Mac Allister with a high boot in

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