Howard Webb joined Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher at the end of last season on MNF to explain several VAR calls; Sky Sports went behind the curtain with Webb to explain the VAR process using both correct and incorrect calls in a bid to increase transparency
PGMOL chief Howard Webb and former Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen discuss refereeing decisions using match footage and previously unreleased audio in the first episode of Match Officials: Mic’d Up.
Sky Sports’ new series aims to explain refereeing decisions using match footage and previously unreleased audio.
Sky Sports went behind the curtain with Webb to explain the VAR process using both correct and incorrect calls in a bid to increase transparency around one of the most contentious aspects of the game.
The incidents looked at…
Wolves penalty appeal after Man Utd goalkeeper Andre Onana collided with striker Sasa Kalajdzic.
Virgil van Dijk’s red card for Alexander Isak foul in Newcastle vs Liverpool
Sheffield United defender John Egan penalised for handball against Man City
Arsenal’s penalty is reversed by VAR after Kai Havertz was challenged by man Utd’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Anass Zaroury’s red card for challenge on Kyle Walker in Burnley vs Man City
Man City defender Nathan Ake’s goal is allowed after Manuel Akanji was adjudged not have impacted Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno
Watch the six incidents discussed on Match Officials: Mic’d Up below…
Speaking on a first of its kind programme, PGMOL chief Howard Webb told ‘Match Officials Mic’d Up’ that it was mistake for VAR officials not to recommend a review after Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana jumped in to Wolves’ Sasa Kalajdzic
Listen to audio from match officials, including the VAR, as Virgil van Dijk is shown a red card after his foul on Alexander Isak in Liverpool’s Premier League fixture at Newcastle. PGMOL chief Howard Webb confirming it was the correct decision
Howard Webb shared the audio between referee Craig Pawson and the VAR as a yellow card for Burnley’s Anass Zaroury was upgraded to a red for a challenge on Manchester City’s Kyle Walker
Speaking on ‘Match Officials Mic’d Up’, PGMOL chief Howard Webb shares the on-pitch audio of the match officials awarding a penalty to Manchester City after the ball struck the arm of Sheffield United’s John Egan
Speaking on a first of its kind programme, PGMOL chief Howard Webb shares the audio between referee Michael Oliver and the VAR as Nathan Ake’s goal for Man City against Fulham was awarded despite Manuel Akanji being in an offside position
Audio between referee Anthony Taylor and the VAR as the decision to award a penalty to Arsenal against Manchester United for a trip on Kai Havertz is reversed
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