VAR: Uefa Board calls for improvement in consistency of decisions

Uefa’s comments come after a controversial weekend for video assistant referees (VAR) in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest have asked for the audio between officials from Sunday’s defeat at Everton be released publicly, after they criticised VAR decisions on social media.

The Premier League said it was “extremely disappointed” by Forest’s social media post but it has led to more debate surrounding the technology.

Coventry City also had a late goal ruled out for a marginal offside by VAR during their epic FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United on Sunday.

Everton manager Sean Dyche said the process is “a good thing for the outcomes of games” but added that he understood some frustrations.

“The idea of VAR was to tidy up as many decisions as possible, and statistically it’s shown that it is doing that,” said Dyche.

“I appreciate that it can get in the way of things from a supporter’s point of view, but there has to be some form of getting these decisions right.”

Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O’Neil added: “The technology doesn’t seem to have cleared things up as we hoped it would.

“I’ve always thought VAR would be a big benefit to the game but maybe it hasn’t been as much of a benefit as much as I expected.”