Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has demanded better use of video officiating in the Premier League after his side’s 3-1 defeat to Arsenal.
Conte took aim at VAR, calling on England to follow Italy’s example to improve standards after seeing Emerson Royal shown a straight red card for a high challenge on Gabriel Martinelli.
Ad VAR Jared Gillett briefly checked the decision and agreed with referee Anthony Taylor’s call. Premier LeagueArsenal lay down marker with dominant derby win over 10-man Spurs7 HOURS AGO Spurs were trailing 2-1 at that stage of the game, but five minutes after the sending off, Granit Xhaka scored Arsenal’s third to secure the win. «In England, I have to be honest, it's very difficult because they don't have the same line [threshold],» said Conte in his post-match press conference. «Sometimes you see situations that could be a red card instead, or instead a yellow card or no yellow card.
They have to work a lot about this. »In Italy, our referees, on Thursday they stay together, to work with the video to try to improve.