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Referees’ chief Howard Webb believes VAR standards have improved this season

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PGMOL chief Howard Webb believes there has been an improvement in VAR implementation this season, with just two errors flagged compared to 10 at the same stage last term.

There has been plenty of debate, and numerous controversial incidents, since the technology was brought into English football’s top-flight at the start of 2019-20 season.

Webb implemented video technology in the United States’ Major League Soccer and in late 2022 became the Professional Game Match Officials Board’s first-ever chef refereeing officer.

The 2010 World Cup final referee has attempted to show officials in a different light and improve standards, which he believes have increased in the first seven rounds of the Premier League campaign. “I don’t think we managed expectations well in terms of VAR,” Webb told the Stick to Football podcast in partnership with Sky Bet. “We knew it was always going to be a situation where it was going to do well on those clear situations, the ones where you think, ‘That’s clearly wrong on first view’. “We have this independent panel which has got ex-players on it, and they judge each decision each week, and according to the panel there has only been two VAR errors this season compared to 10 at the same time last year. “We’ve been better at hitting the mark but that can change and we’re not going to get complacent, but it’s been better. “For me, the biggest thing of all is that it’s been quicker.

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