Vincent Kompany, a former Premier League winner with Manchester City, has emphasized the need for improvement in the utilization of VAR (Video Assistant Referee) following a recent officiating controversy in football.
During Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham, VAR failed to correct an incorrect offside decision, which led to a disallowed goal by Luis Diaz.
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The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), responsible for referee oversight, admitted that this was a “significant human error,” as evidence showed that Tottenham’s Cristian Romero had played Diaz onside.
This disallowed goal occurred when the match was tied, with Liverpool already reduced to 10 players after Curtis Jones was controversially sent off following VAR intervention.
As a result of this incident, the VAR officials were removed from their duties for the remainder of the weekends.
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In response to PGMOL’s explanation, Liverpool expressed their dissatisfaction, deeming it “unacceptable,” and called for a “transparent review.”
They also stated their intent to explore various options to address the issue.
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Kompany, who had also experienced VAR-related issues this season with Burnley, indicated that although it can be frustrating when decisions go against your team, it is crucial to maintain an open and transparent approach.
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The former Man City star said,
“I think we’ve gone down a road now where this is it, we’ve got to make this the best we can.
It’s tough because we’ve also had the same situation with VAR this season and when you’re on the wrong end of it, it really hurts.
But I still think the approach of being open about this…I want to maybe discuss the other side of it, which is every time you make a decision in this country you get an extensive report about it, be open about it, admitting to mistakes and apologising for it and as much as you have no understanding when it happens to you, I still think it’s the right way to go about it.
From my side, I prefer to talk about us making it the best we can and getting it right, understanding what we need for football. Rather than pointing out individuals because they’re doing the best they can and we all obviously make mistakes.”
Liverpool is my Religion and Anfield is my Church. 17th May 1996 the date I had my blood coloured red. The one you love the most you can not live without it and that is football to me.
