Championship boss calls for VAR to be introduced after Swansea City controversy

Bristol City main Liam Manning wants the Championship to present Video Assistant Referees aft a 1-1 gully betwixt his broadside and Swansea City connected Sunday

Bristol City brag Liam Manning called for VAR to beryllium introduced successful the Championship aft his side’s arguable 1-1 gully astatine Swansea.

Ben Cabango prodded the Swans up from a 15th-minute country aft Ronald had appeared to impede Robins goalkeeper Max O’Leary. Jason Knight headed location 14 minutes from clip to springiness Bristol City a deserved point, but Manning insisted Swansea’s extremity should not person stood.

Manning said: “It’s rather wide for me, erstwhile you spot it back. I’ve seen it from galore angles, Max is trying to get escaped but it’s hard erstwhile idiosyncratic has clasp of you. I privation interaction but erstwhile it’s that obvious. Block wrong the laws of the game, but that’s a wide foul. It’s getting to the signifier wherever VAR volition astir apt assistance it. There’s cons to it, but besides a immense magnitude of pros.

“When you look astatine cardinal decisions dictating outcomes of games, it’s a immense portion of it.”

Manning admitted to immense vexation arsenic helium had said holding astatine set-pieces was focused connected by English Football League officials earlier a Championship shot was kicked.

He said: “We had a pre-season gathering with the referees and the EFL and they said they were going to clamp down connected blocking and grabbing people. You’re told it’s going to hap and past it’s not, truthful it’s frustrating.

“I haven’t spoken to the referee (Andrew Kitchen). No point. It’s not going to alteration oregon bash anything. We’ll nonstop successful our study and I tin conjecture what the effect volition be.

“If you bash it, bash it, but don’t accidental successful pre-season meetings you’re going to spell aft it and past don’t. That’s my point.”

On the contest, which saw Bristol City decorativeness strongly, Manning added: “First fractional we astir apt conceded excessively overmuch territory.

“We were a small spot excessively passive. But we enactment successful a truly beardown show 2nd half.”

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