In the last round of the Premier League, there was a lot of controversy about VAR. Whether Cavani was offside when he delivered an assist and whether Jota deserved a penalty has caused huge controversy.
In a match against Crystal Palace, Liverpool scored a highly controversial penalty, which was seen by industry insiders as a rare misstatement. So why did referee Flanders make a wrong decision? The Sun revealed that Premier League referee Riley told the referee that once VAR intervened, then the referee should accept the proposal.
In Liverpool's match against Crystal Palace, Jota fell to the ground after making contact with Guaita and referee Flanders did not award a penalty at first. But after looking back at the slow motion, Flanders changed the penalty. However, slow motion clearly shows that it was Jota who crashed into Guaita's body. The Sun pointed out that after getting the advice of video assistant referee Bowson, Flanders made a change of judgement to become part of this season's Premier League model.
During the season, the video assistant referee stepped in 49 times to award penalties, and the referee accepted VAR's advice without exception. This was not the case last season, with the video assistant referee involved in 87 penalties, the referee made 82 changes to the decision, and 5 times insisted on the previous penalty.
Former Premier League referee Halsey revealed that Premier League referees have been informed that they are being asked to accept the advice of video assistant referees this season. Insiders revealed, "We have introduced a higher threshold, which means that unless it is a clear mistake, it should not be recommended to overturn the previous sentence." ”
"So when any referee is told he's going to see slow motion now, he's going to think it's obviously because he's got it wrong. We continue to believe that this is the right thing to do. Although the final decision is on the referee, if they are advised to make a change, then they know they should follow the advice. ”