Pep Guardiola Criticises VAR, Calls it ‘Big Mess’ After Manchester City’s 2-0 Win Over Sheffield United in Premier League
Man City manager Pep Guardiola is among the many managers who have criticized VAR for its use in Premier League as he was displeased with some of the decisions made during his sides weekend clash. 'Every weekend is a big mess. In other games, it was a big mess. Hopefully next season, it can do better' the manager said.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is clearly not happy with the implementation of VAR in the Premier League as the Catalan has described the technology as a ‘big mess’ after he saw some controversial decision’s in his sides match against Sheffield United. Man City defeated the Blades 2-0 at Etihad in their EPL clash during the weekend courtesy of goals from Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne. The Video Assistant Referee was introduced in the Premier League for the first time this season and has surely been a topic of increasing controversies in recent months due to its inconsistent use. Top 5 Goals of the Week: From Kevin De Bruyne vs Sheffield United to Marcus Rashford vs Burnley, Here’s the Best of Football Goals.
Man City manager Pep Guardiola is among the many managers who have criticized VAR for its use in Premier League as he was displeased with some of the decisions made during his sides weekend clash. 'Every weekend is a big mess. In other games, it was a big mess. Hopefully next season, it can do better' the manager said after City’s 2-0 win over Sheffield. It was one of the several games over the weekend in which a goal was ruled out due to a marginal offside call by VAR as Lys Mousset was denied the game’s opening goal in the 28th minute. A similar kind of controversy happened in Liverpool’s clash against Wolves as Pedro Neto’s equalizer for the 'Wanderers’ was disallowed due to a questionable offside decision. Martin Odegaard to Join Manchester City? Here’s How Real Sociedad Plays a Prank on Spain’s April Fool’s Day.
Sheffield manager Chris Wilder was also unhappy with VAR as the Englishman pointed out that Teemu Pukki had a similar goal chopped-off for Norwich in their 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. These kinds of marginal offside decisions have been a growing controversy in recent Premier League matches and has left many managers, players and sets of supporters disappointed with the use of the technology.
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