Bruno Fernandes was sent off in Man Utd's defeat to Tottenham but the red card was subsequently overturned.
PGMOL chief Howard Webb believes VAR should have intervened with Bruno Fernandes ' red card for Manchester United against Tottenham.
Former referee Webb has become the public face of VAR since he was appointed chief refereeing officer at the PGMOL and has now provided insight into last month's mistake. Webb admitted he was frustrated that VAR didn't rectify the on field decision on Fernandes and discussed why assistant referees aren't given more licence to be involved.
"I was frustrated that we didn’t step in to rectify because it was clearly wrong in my opinion as he slipped and tried to trip him, but it was the side of the foot, he didn’t drive the studs in.” "I’ve worked with some of the best assistants, they’ve made me look good and a lot of decisions I’ve made where I couldn’t see, they’ve come in with some good information.
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