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Fans have been left furious after the Premier League published VAR recordings from significant occurrences in the league so far this season.
Onana collided with a Wolves striker during Man United's game which had caused a significant uproar from the fans.
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08:40 - 06.09.2023
Howard Webb insists Garnacho's goal for Man United against Arsenal was right to be disallowed
PGMOL chief Howard Webb has shared his thoughts on the controversially disallowed goal for Manchester United against Arsenal last weekend.
After listening to the audio, PGMOL Chief Refereeing Officer Howard Webb expressed his opinion regarding Simon Hooper's choice not to call a penalty after Andre Onana's careless collision with Sasa Kalajdzic.
The VAR's audio from the event was made public by the Premier League with John Moss apologising for making the incorrect call at the time.
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Fans reaction
The majority of supporters believed that Wolves should have received a penalty, and it appears that Webb shares their opinion.
Fans were outraged by the decision, and they vented their frustrations on social media after reading Webb's justifications.
One fan said as reported by The Sun, "That VAR/Ref audio is incredible on that Onana decision on the opening weekend. Howard Webb said that VAR overthought it and it was a huge error hence the apology…"
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13:53 - 09.08.2023
Lee Mason: Premier League rehire referee who made shocking VAR error last season
Referee, Lee Mason, who quit after making a huge VAR error last season, has been rehired, but this time to educate new referees.
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18:42 - 01.05.2023
PGMOL: ‘Paul Tierney acted in a professional manner’
Claims made by Jurgen Klopp that referee Paul Tierney behaved illegally during Sunday's 4-3 victory over Tottenham have been denied by The Professional Game Match Officials Limited.
Whilst another said, "It’s an absolute disgrace and they are about as incompetent as I assumed. This hasn’t cleared anything up."
A third commented, "My word this is 100x more inept than I would've imagined. The ref and VAR have no clue what they're doing here."
Howard Webb’s explanation
Webb said as reported by the Sun, "I think from the outset I want to say that should have led to an intervention by VAR.
“We should have seen a video review being recommended and the referee should have gone to the screen.
"I’m confident he would have seen the images that we’ve seen and would have been awarded a penalty."
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Webb continued by stating that in his opinion, the officials failed to make the appropriate choice because they overanalyzed the situation.
He said, "[The VAR] starts to go down the road, I believe, towards recommending a video review, but then he overthinks it a little bit. Sometimes the VARs can do that.
"They’re trying to identify what the game would expect in terms of what is and isn’t a clear and obvious error."
He then admitted that it was a mistake to not recommend a review, explaining: "We didn’t recommend a review.
“We should have done it. We acknowledge that as an error, which, of course, was disappointing.
"We took the learning from that, obviously, to try and ensure going forward that type of error doesn’t happen again."
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