The Video Assistant Referee is being trialled in the FA Cup and League Cup this season and opinion on its contribution have been mixed.
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With VAR in use, Mata thought he had made it 2-0 just before half-time when breaking in behind and finishing past Jonas Lossl.
It was a goal as simple as it was effective as Lukaku received a pass from Nemanja Matic and laid it off, quickly, to Juan Mata.
Remember it’s supposed to be used for clear and obvious mistakes and none of us can still be sure if it was onside or offside.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho acknowledges that VAR is in “an experimental period”, but insists that it needs to be made “perfect”.
‘Let’s be honest, we think they got the right decision and that’s the most important, ‘ he told BT Sport after the match. Because the referee wants to perform well.
The tie could be one of four all-Premier League contests in the quarter-finals, although the four Champions League-chasing teams to still be involved have all been kept apart.
However, the Welshman is preferring a move to Manchester United instead but the Devils don’t want him at the moment mainly because they have enough attacking outlets at their disposal. “I will think about him after the match”.
Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United even without the likes of Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford were spot on as they got better of Huddersfield Town FC in the FA Cup 5th round to progress into the quarterfinals of the competition for the 4th successive season.
The French midfielder, who returned to United from Juventus for a then world record £89 million (RM486 million) in 2016, hasn’t completed 90 minutes since a 1-0 win at Burnley just under a month ago.
SCOTS starlet Ethan Hamilton has replaced superstar Paul Pogba in the Manchester United squad to face Huddersfield in the FA Cup today.
Is VAR ready for the Premier League?
They then had four senior players interviewed by Spanish police over the alleged theft of a taxi from outside a fast-food restaurant in Barcelona. “This is why I don’t like it but I am not the person who makes the decision”.
“I’m familiar with what VAR is bringing that’s good and bad”, said Mourinho.
Evans could do nothing to stop Southampton taking the lead through Wesley Hoedt on 11 minutes, with Dusan Tadic adding the second after the interval.
United were having particular trouble dealing with full-back Florent Hadergjonaj, and had already conceded a pair of corners and a dangerous-looking free-kick in the first ten minutes. Jonson Clarke-Harris scored Coventry’s consolation.
“You see this Tottenham game, was it 10 seconds when they scored?”
Its contribution to this game also proved a talking point.
Huddersfield manager David Wagner said he was against the VAR.
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“The match was hard because they approached the match differently than before because they didn’t need to get a point for the league”.
