Alan Hansen and Peter Schmeichel expressed considerations over VAR 15 years earlier than it was carried out within the Premier League.
Match of the Day stalwart Hansen and former Manchester United goalkeeper Schmeichel mentioned video know-how after one of many largest refereeing howlers in Premier League historical past. Roy Carroll had spilled Pedro Mendes’ long-range shot over the road, although the objective was not given.
Instant replays proved Tottenham’s ‘objective’ ought to have counted with Manchester United escaping with a vital goalless draw. Though the incident confirmed how know-how would have helped.
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Carroll’s blunder was manner again in 2005, however Hansen and Schmeichel had been forward of the curve. VAR was launched into the Premier League 14 years later however the pundits’ considerations have been confirmed spot on.
Speaking on Match of the Day after Mendes was denied a objective, Schmeichel stated: “It’s ironic on a day where Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson are in the papers asking for more video technology being enforced into football that this is happening.”
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And Hansen – by no means one to draw back from giving his opinion – was seemingly all the time in opposition to know-how being launched. The Liverpool legend stated: “Let me tell you, if they introduce this and it works, everybody will clamour for ‘offside, is it offside?’. You bring it into grey areas, then you’ll have carnage.”
To which Schmeichel added: “Are you going to stop the game and go back to the video and have a look? ‘Was that a penalty? Was that not?’.”
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The duo’s considerations have been confirmed proper with seemingly increasingly more refereeing errors each week within the Premier League regardless of the usage of know-how.
Though PGMOL referees’ chief Howard Webb insists VAR is right here to remain, saying final month: “It would be foolish to take away a tool that can remove clear errors from the game – almost 40 this season.
“Usually we’ve seen round 100 conditions rectified by way of the usage of VAR. Why would you wish to take that away and depart these errors within the sport?”