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PREMIER LEAGUE chiefs stay convinced they person “the champion referees successful the world” — and importune that different countries AGREE.
As officials successful Spain discussed going connected onslaught successful protestation astatine maltreatment from fans and clubs, the Prem’s main shot serviceman claimed that top-flight whistlers are amended than they person ever been.
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Tony Scholes said: “One of our main targets is to person the champion lucifer officials successful the satellite — and we do.
"We person 10 officials connected the Fifa database and 2 of them — Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor — are successful the apical 10 successful the satellite according to Fifa.
“Other leagues astir the satellite look up to the officials and VAR process successful this state arsenic a exemplary they would like to follow.
“That’s the connection we get from radical astir the world.”
But Oliver and Taylor person been astatine the centre of large controversies this season.
Oliver red-carded Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly for ‘serious foul play’ astatine Wolves past period but the player’s three-match prohibition was overturned connected appeal.
He was besides the VAR who advised ref David Coote to reappraisal an injury-time incidental when West Ham bushed Manchester United aft being awarded a precocious penalty — that yet led to Old Trafford brag Erik 10 Hag’s October sacking.
And Taylor giving Brighton a punishment against Arsenal past period erstwhile William Saliba ‘headed’ Joao Pedro led to Gunners fury.
Yet that West Ham spot-kick is 1 of lone FOUR mistakes aft a VAR involution truthful acold this play — according to the Prem’s cardinal lucifer incidental panel, which including ex-players, managers and referees.
The sheet besides highlighted different nine incidents wherever the VAR should person intervened.
Premier League clash descends into farce arsenic VAR counts fig of players
Those 4 VAR errors . . .
BOURNEMOUTH 1 NEWCASTLE 1
Dango Ouattara’s precocious ‘winner’ was wrongly chalked disconnected for handball aft being awarded connected the field.
WEST HAM 2 MAN UTD 1
Hammers’ stoppage-time spot-kick victor came aft Michael Oliver advised David Coote to reappraisal Matthijs de Ligt’s interaction with Danny Ings.
EVERTON 0 BRENTFORD 0
Christian Norgaard should not person received a reddish paper for ploughing into keeper Jordan Pickford.
NOTTM FOREST 3 SOUTHAMPTON 2
Nikola Milenkovic’s extremity was ruled retired for subjective offside against Chris Wood, but VAR should not person got involved.
That fig is markedly down from the full of 20 cock-ups astatine the aforesaid constituent of past play and 25 astatine the corresponding clip successful 2022-23.
Scholes added: “Nobody under-estimates the gigantic interaction of immoderate azygous error.
“They tin outgo a nine points, managers their jobs, players their spot successful the squad and person a immense interaction connected a crippled of specified precocious stakes
“But, portion determination were 4 incorrect interventions, that means 66 close ones portion the full errors are down.”
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