Every VAR apology for wrong calls and how 22/23 Premier League table would otherwise look

The Premier League have now admitted to making eight VAR mistakes this season following two blunders at the weekend.

Referee chief Howard Webb was forced to apologise to both Arsenal and Brighton after human error cost them in their respective games. Brentford’s equaliser against the Gunners’ shouldn’t have stood, and Brighton’s opener against Crystal Palace was wrongly disallowed.

Webb has reportedly called an emergency meeting of Prem officials while John Brooks, who was at fault in the latter match, has been axed from his upcoming duties. The mistakes are not the first in the 2022/23 campaign either.

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An independent panel appointed to investigate the application of VAR determined there were six incorrect interventions before the World Cup break.

While not all of them had an impact on the results of matches, others have proved costly for sides – and may change where they finish come the end of the season.

First off, Daily Star Sport is taking a look at all eight errors before analysing how the table would differ if they hadn’t of happened.

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Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa – August 20

A penalty was incorrectly given for handball by Lucas Digne. Wilfried Zaha missed the spot kick but converted the rebound to give Palace a 2-1 lead before they later scored a third.

Newcastle United 0-0 Crystal Palace – September 3

The Magpies thought they’d taken the lead at St James’ Park only for the own goal by Tyrick Mitchell to be overturned as Joe Willock was deemed to have fouled goalkeeper Vincent Guaita. But Mitchell had in fact pushed Willock into Guaita.

Chelsea 2-1 West Ham – September 3

Maxwell Cornet equalised to level the score in the 90th minute. The goal was wrongly disallowed for a foul by Jarrod Bowen on Chelsea shot stopper Edouard Mendy.

Manchester United 3-1 Arsenal – September 4

Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring for Arsenal at Old Trafford, but Martin Odegaard was deemed to have fouled Christian Eriksen in the build-up. United instead took the lead, ultimately winning 3-1.

Fulham 3-0 Aston Villa – October 20

With Aston Villa already losing 1-0, Douglas Luiz was given a straight red card for an adjudged headbutt on Aleksandar Mitrovic in the 62nd minute. Fulham went on to win 3-0 in what proved to be Steven Gerrard’s final game in charge.

Nottingham Forest 2-2 Brentford – November 5

A penalty was awarded to Brentford while Nottingham Forest were leading 1-0. Yoane Wissa appeared to run into Dean Henderson’s arm, however. Bryan Mbeumo netted the resultant penalty and the match ended in a 2-2 draw.

Crystal Palace 1 -1 Brighton – February 11

VAR official Brooks mistakenly drew the offside lines from the wrong Palace defender, meaning Pervis Estupinan’s perfectly good opening goal was incorrectly ruled out.

Arsenal 1-1 Brentford – February 11

In an even bigger farce, Lee Mason forgot to draw the offside lines altogether for Ivan Toney’s leveller at the Emirates, which would’ve been ruled offside had he of done his job properly.

Assuming the matches had unfolded as they did aside from the VAR errors, Arsenal would still have a five-point gap at the top of the table, while Newcastle’s grip on a top-four finish would be two points stronger.

Brighton would also be two points better off in their hunt for European football, and rivals Brentford would be two points further behind.

Chelsea would drop behind Liverpool in 10th on goal difference and Crystal Palace, in 12th, and Nottingham Forest, 14th, would switch places. West Ham, meanwhile, would have an extra point in their relegation battle.

1. Arsenal – 53
2. Manchester City – 48
3. Manchester United – 46
4. Newcastle – 43
5. Tottenham – 39
6. Brighton – 37
7. Fulham – 35
8. Brentford – 32
9. Liverpool – 29
10. Chelsea – 29
11. Aston Villa – 28
12. Nottingham Forest – 26
13. Leicester City – 24
14. Crystal Palace – 23
15. Wolves – 23
16. West Ham – 21
17. Leeds – 19
18. Everton – 18
19. Bournemouth – 18
20. Southampton – 15

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