Mike Dean places his head in his fingers after recognizing VAR error on Soccer Saturday

Mike Dean was left misplaced for phrases because the VAR know-how failed throughout Burnley vs Brentford.

Referee Darren Bond was instructed to examine the VAR monitor early on within the Premier League conflict at Turf Moor when Clarets full-back Vitinho was introduced down by Bees defender Sergio Reguilon.

Bond initially waved play on however VAR official Paul Tierney intervened, telling his colleague to have a re-evaluation. But he wasn’t in a position to due to a fault with the system.

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There have been no clips of the incident for him to look at and followers needed to look forward to practically 5 minutes for the penalty to be awarded, stories the Mirror. Former high referee Dean known as it a “stonewall” spot kick.

Reguilon, in the meantime, was proven a pink card for denying a goal-scoring alternative. After what felt like endlessly, Jacob Bruun Larsen took the penalty and scored, giving Burnley the lead.

The pundits within the Sky Sports Soccer Saturday studio have been gobsmacked by the VAR mess. Clinton Morrison stated: “They are going to stop the game and have a look at it. It’s going to be a penalty.

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“Reguilon has put his hands on his [Vitinho] back and he’s in on goal.” Dean then added: “Stonewall, he has kneed him in the back of the leg and there is a push as well. Paul Tierney is the VAR and he has sent Darren [Bond] over.

“It might be an fascinating choice often because if the penalty stands, he [Reguilon] has made no try to play the ball so it may very well be a possible pink card, too.”

Then Dean, Morrison, and Paul Merson noticed that VAR had a glitch the pitch-side monitor wasn’t showing any video. Dean, with his head in his hands, looking totally confused, said after a bit: “It’s plugged in however there isn’t any photos in the meanwhile.

“It’s not the referees’ fault and it’s not the VAR’s fault, it actually the operators that are working the system, so there was some technical fault somewhere.”

When Merson requested if they need to examine it really works earlier than the sport begins, Dean answered: “It probably was working but when push comes to shove it doesn’t work.

“What they will do is that they will converse to each managers, clarify the state of affairs, however as a result of VAR can see the footage in Stockley Park, he can inform Darren Bond that that is my opinion of what has gone on and you need to make this choice.”