Premier League referee chief Howard Webb hints at big changes impacting Man United and Man City

Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) director Howard Webb has claimed he is looking at ways to "draw back the curtain" on refereeing decisions during Premier League matches.

Since VAR was introduced at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, Manchester United and Manchester City fans alike have run into problems with the system. One of the main gripes which supporters have is how decisions are not clearly communicated during matches.

However, in a conversation with talkSPORT at the EFL Awards on Sunday, Webb revealed he was looking at ways of making explanations clearer. "We’re doing everything we can to be as transparent as we can," he explained.

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"But there’s some parameters that we have to work within that FIFA set, but we’re going to push those. We’re going to do everything we can to draw the curtain back, we’re going to do some stuff post-game that’s not been done before fairly soon and then if we can do stuff in-game we’ll do it.

"We’ll see what we can do post-game, even in-game with the stadium audience, that’s certainly my intention and hopefully you’ll see some developments in the coming weeks." Another common issue that supporters often complain about is how long it takes for referees and VAR officials to make decisions.

Webb added he sympathised with frustrations about VAR holding up matches and explained he has told referees to be confident about sticking with their decision should they feel it is still right. "I agree it should hardly ever take three minutes," he said.

"Sometimes you’ll have a complicated situation building up to a goal with three or four offside judgements and you’ve got to check them all, you can’t just check a couple,