Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer make VAR point after Leicester City draw vs Manchester United

Both Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer have said the referee should have been shown the action in real time when deciding whether to award Leicester City’s second goal at Manchester United.

James Maddison’s strike looked to have put City ahead with just 10 minutes of the game left to play. However, after a VAR review, referee Andre Marriner made the decision to rule out the goal due to a foul from Kelechi Iheanacho on Raphael Varane in the build-up.

Iheanacho himself put City 1-0 up in the second half before Fred equalised for United a few minutes later. In the immediate aftermath of the disallowed goal, Lineker took to social media to show his disappointment at the decision.

And speaking on Match of the Day, record Premier League goalscorer Alan Shearer made the point of the referee only being shown stills and slow motion replays of the incident when he visited the pitchside monitor. He explained: “When you look at the referee you get told to go and look at the monitor, but he actually views it in a still look and in slow motion.

“I think when referees are told to go over to the monitor, he shouldn’t be allowed to look at anything in slow motion.”

It’s a view Lineker supports, saying: “I agree with that, just look at it in normal speed. You can look at stills of offside because that’s obvious, but stills and very slow motion are very misleading [for goals].

“You can argue it’s a foul but is it a clear and obvious error?” he asked, before adding with a smile: “Anyway, I’m biased.”

The former City man also built on his point on social media, replying to an official Match of the Day tweet which included a still image of the incident with: “Showing stills to determine decisions is a blockable offence.”