Two Aston Villa VAR calls found to be incorrect
Aston Villa have been on the wrong end of two incorrect VAR interventions this season according to the Premier League's Key Incidents Panel.
The independent panel, which is made up of three former players and one representative of the Premier League and the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL), looks over all the key match incidents over a weekend and reports back to clubs indicating where mistakes have been made.
And it has been found that out of 48 VAR interventions this season, 42 have been correct with six deemed to have been incorrect with Villa featuring in two of the wrong calls.
Lucas Digne was judged to have handled the ball in the box in the 55th minute of Villa's 3-1 loss at Crystal Palace following an intervention from VAR - but the panel deemed the decision to be wrong.
And Douglas Luiz's red card for violent conduct in the 3-0 defeat at Fulham, which proved to be Steven Gerrard's final game in charge, was found to have been incorrect.
His dismissal and three match ban was subsequently overturned by the FA.
Elsewhere, Maxwel Cornet's disallowed goal in West Ham's 2-1 defeat at Chelsea should have stood, as should Tyrick Mitchell's goal in Crystal Palace's goalless draw at Newcastle.
Gabriel Martinelli saw his goal in Arsenal's 3-1 loss at Man United chalked off - but the panel found that it should have been given.
And a penalty for Brentford in their 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest was found to have been the incorrect call.
Former Premier League referee Howard Webb has now taken over as the PGMOL's chief refereeing officer and he has been charged with improving officiating standards on the pitch and in the VAR room at Stockley Park.
And a dedicated VAR coach has been appointed to work with the two full time Premier League video referees.
