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    Fans left stunned after Lewandowski slammed to floor by ex-Newcastle star.. but referee and VAR fails to award penalty

    FOOTBALL fans were left astonished after Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski was thrown to the floor by a Rayo Vallecano defender… but did NOT get a penalty.The LaLiga champions were held to a 1-1 draw on Saturday as they slipped to fourth place in the table.
    Robert Lewandowski, right, did not get a penalty for the clear foul by Florian Lejeune, leftCredit: Rex

    Lejeune grabbed hold of Lewandowski in the box
    The defender then hauled the Barcelona striker to the ground
    Lewandowski did not earn a penalty for the incident
    But Xavi’s men will feel aggrieved they were not awarded a spot kick for a bizarre incident involving Lewandowski, 35.
    With the ball nowhere near the Polish forward, Vallecano defender Florian Lejeune, 32, decided to aggressively slam Lewandowski to the floor.
    Yet despite the former Newcastle man’s moment of madness, he was not penalised for the offence.
    Both the referee and VAR did not award a penalty as Vallecano went unpunished.
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    Reacting to the incident, one person said: “These people are in wrestling in the UFC, where is the f**king VAR?
    Another added: “He HURLED him to the ground.”
    While a third replied: “Lejeune to Lewandowski is really nothing? It’s just incredible.”
    However, there was some form of justice later in the game as Lejeune – who played 46 games for Newcastle between 2017 and 2021 – turned a Barcelona cross into his own net.
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    Lejeune later scored an own goal to hand Barcelona a pointCredit: Rex

    The goal came eight minutes from the end as Vallecano’s defence was finally breached by one of their own players.
    After the game, Xavi took aim at the officials for a separate incident, claiming Raphinha had been been brought down in the box in the second half.
    He said: “Then I’m told I’m looking for excuses, but the foul on Raphinha is a clear penalty.
    “It happened to us in Getafe, in Granada and today.
    “We lost because we weren’t good in the first half, and that’s no excuse, but it’s a clear penalty.”
    Lejeune spent four years at Newcastle before he left in 2021Credit: Getty More

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    Fans furious at ‘absolute shocker from VAR’ with Man City denied second goal thanks to ‘utterly inept’ decision

    FANS have been left furious after Manchester City had a goal disallowed during their clash with Liverpool.The Cityzens put the ball in the back of the net for the second time in the game, but saw it ruled out by referee Chris Kavanagh.
    Ruben Dias saw his goal ruled out against LiverpoolCredit: Sky Sports
    Manuel Akanji was deemed to have fouled Alisson in the build upCredit: Sky Sports
    The Liverpool keeper was unable to get the ball under controlCredit: Sky Sports
    The ball had been whipped in from a corner kick when Manuel Akanji jumped up alongside Reds goalkeeper Alisson to try and win the ball.
    The Brazilian shot-stopper tried to gather the ball in his grasp, but was unable to keep hold of it and saw it spill over his head and into the path of Ruben Dias.
    Dias was alert to the situation and tapped the ball home to give City a two goal lead.
    But the officials instantly blew to rule out the goal deeming the contact between Akanji and Alisson to have been a foul on the Liverpool goalkeeper.
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    Fans watching on from home were seething with the decision and took to social media to vent their anger.
    One wrote: “Not even remotely a foul. Is football a non-contact sport now? Referees and VAR proving every single game without exception to be utterly inept.”
    While another added: “That’s an absolute shocker from VAR. Alisson has had a howler again. Klopp would want the game replayed for a decision against him like that.”
    A third wrote: “That’s a ridiculous call. Clearly not a foul. Refereeing in England and VAR again a joke.”
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    And others compared the push to the one Joelinton made on Gabriel Magalahaes in Newcastle’s win over Arsenal.
    One fan wrote: “Soooo VAR saw that push but not the one on Gabriel nah.”
    To make matters worse for Manchester City fans, the ruled out goal saw a huge swing in the match.
    Just 12 minutes later, Trent Alexander-Arnold equalised for Liverpool and earned his side a crucial point at the Etihad.
    And even Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher thought his old side has got away with one.
    Speaking on Sky Sports, he said: “For me, Alisson and Liverpool are extremely lucky.
    “If the referee doesn’t give that, VAR isn’t saying that’s a foul – there’s no way. There’s hardly anything.”
    The 1-1 draw was full of the usual drama that Premier League fans are treated to when the two heavyweights come head to head.
    That also included a spat between Darwin Nunez and Pep Guardiola at the full-time whistle
    And the shared spoils now means Arsenal have the opportunity to go top of the league with a win over Brentford this afternoon.
    Trent Alexander-Arnold levelled the scores for Liverpool in the 80th minuteCredit: Alamy
    Darwin Nunez appeared to have a post-match spat with Pep GuardiolaCredit: EPA More

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    What a time to be footie fans with £6.50 pints, Saudi loan deals and a 48-team World Cup, and don’t even mention the VAR

    WHAT a time to be a football fan.Think on this while sipping very slowly on your £6.50 pint at West Ham or selling the kids to pay for a season ticket at Tottenham.
    Newcastle were given the green light to sign stars on loan from Saudi this weekCredit: Getty
    Or trying to decipher what constitutes handball these days, taking a shaving kit and sleeping bag to two-hour matches, or whether your hard-earned wedge is being syphoned into some dodgy deal.
    Yes, it’s back to the delights of the Premier League this weekend and an opportunity to look at what’s become of our not entirely beautiful game.
    The latest meeting of the wise men running our biggest clubs broke up on Tuesday having injected another few cubic centimetres of Botox into the already unrecognisable face of football.
    As a result, Newcastle United, owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, are free to loan players from clubs over there which are also owned by the PIF.
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    Meaning the best league in the world thinks it is OK for the richest team in the world to strengthen their squad further via a ‘sister club’ with all its fresh ramifications for Financial Fair Play.
    What could possibly go wrong?
    Even if it is all above board, the finger of suspicion will be pointing and more than anything else it’s just another depressing layer of murkiness for your average fan to contend with.
    It is nigh on impossible to think of any new ideas from the last six or seven years that have actually improved football.
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    The hoovering up of our national sport by a legion of billionaire sheikhs with dubious attitudes and vast bank accounts is worrying enough.
    VAR is a complete dog’s dinner that is driving players, managers, officials and the paying public mad.
    It’s like Millwall. No one likes it but the halfwits who thought replacing referees with more TVs than Currys don’t care.
    Games now drag on from dusk until dawn with all the added time which in turn suits the teams with the bigger and better squads with the five subs rule.
    The latest goals scored in Prem history have come this season and all from teams in the current top six. Anyone with half a brain is not fool enough to swallow the baloney about it helping with injuries or to blood promising academy youngsters.
    It helps the richer, bigger clubs with superior squads see out the longer games with fresher legs that belong to better players.
    Manchester City had seven Champions League winners warming the bench in the opening game this season at Burnley.
    The disastrous Super League breakaway plan, the multi-club ownership model allowing richer clubs to spread their tentacles worldwide and increase their power grab.
    Fifa president Gianni Infantino has increased the World Cup to a whopping 48 teamsCredit: Reuters
    And if all this isn’t enough to get you choking on your £10 hotdog there is always the World Cup.
    The most recent one was handed to a country where you can do a five stretch for being gay, foreign workers are treated like slaves and you need to be best mates with the Emir to get a weak lager.
    The one before that was hosted by Russia in 2018, which even before the invasion of Ukraine was stirring up trouble and taking us to the brink of World War Three.
    Just wait until it goes to Saudi in 2034. Where once a football fan might have thought Geo Politics was an Italian striker, Laura Kuenssberg is now as much a voice in football as Gareth Southgate.
    The next World Cup will swell to a monstrous 48 teams and need the mind of Stephen Hawking to decode the permutations of who plays who in a lop-sided draw and a degree in map reading to navigate SunSport’s wallchart.
    It’s worth remembering all this as you kiss goodbye and say goodnight to the family before leaving for tomorrow’s lunchtime kick-off at Manchester City. Enjoy the game.
    ARCHING BACK
    THE FA’S decision to limit the lighting of the Wembley Arch from now on has been a long time coming.
    England boss Gareth Southgate’s press conferences have been swamped by questions about the Middle East conflict, war in Ukraine and LGBT+  rights for a while now.
    At least with the team hitting a dip in form we can get back to asking: “Why is the side so crap?”
    RONN’S NOT WRONG
    WORRYING to see snooker being dragged down by rifts between the top players and the governing body.
    Ronnie O’Sullivan is at odds with the game’s chiefs over his wish to play lucrative matches in China.
    They are threatening disciplinary measures and reminding players of their contractual responsibilities.
    Yet, stars will go where the money is and the Far East is proving irresistible.
    All the while, the Rocket claims he’s been gagged before a showdown with bosses — and there’ll only be one winner in that battle as the world No 1 is the biggest name in the business.
    Getting David Beckham on the team producing your documentary, out this week, confirms that.
    Snooker was admired for its great characters speaking in a way the ordinary punter could identify with.
    If someone as colourful as Rocket Ronnie feels he can’t open up any more then the future of snooker is dark.
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    MIDFIELD ace James Maddison was three months into his Tottenham spell when he declared boldly after a 2-2 draw at Arsenal that they were  no  longer  ‘Spursy’.
    After being trounced 4-1 at home by Chelsea with two players sent off, then an injury-time collapse at Wolves, how’s that going?
    DRAGON PLAYS WITH FIRE
    WALES boss Robert Page might think there was nothing wrong with his comments after watching his country blow automatic qualification to the Euro finals. I beg to differ.
    Failure to get a penalty against Turkey left the Dragons boss fuming. When asked whether Wales would have won with a different ref in charge, he replied: “I’ve got to be careful with what I say. I believe so, if I’m being completely honest.”
    If that’s not questioning a ref’s integrity, what is?
    But, so far, radio silence in terms of reaction.
    One thing is for sure, if Gareth Southgate had said the same thing, the England manager would find himself under a very hot spotlight. More

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    Premier League referees being helped by British Airways PILOTS to improve VAR chaos

    PREMIER LEAGUE referees are being helped by British Airways pilots to improve VAR.This season has already seen a number of controversial incidents involving VAR reviews.
    Premier League referees have received help from pilotsCredit: Reuters
    British Airways pilots have been working with officials to improve the VAR chaosCredit: Getty
    As a result, officials have come under mounting pressure from fans, players and managers.
    The Times now report that the referees have received support from British Airways pilots to help improve their communication under pressure.
    A presentation was given to top-flight officials as part of a new drive to improve the precision of language used during VAR reviews.
    It comes after a host of high-profile errors had caused concerns over communication between officials.
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    During the presentation, pilots Chris Heaven and Pete Nataraj explained the need for clarity and accuracy to officials.
    They also highlighted the importance of using as few syllables as possible, as well as avoiding padding and informality.
    A key complaint from fans has been the use of phrases such as “good process” and “cheers, mate” during reviews after conversations were released to the public.
    The presentation was the brainchild of referees chief and former official Howard Webb.
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    His idea took off following the chaotic conversations around Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal in Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on September 30.
    Ref Simon Hooper wrongly ruled out the goal for offside after his video wingmen Darren England and Dan Cook incorrectly believed the original decision was to award it.
    The cock-up left Reds boss Jurgen Klopp calling to replay the Prem fixture.
    Webb has tried to step up and improve dialogue by explaining decisions on TV show Match Officials Mic’d Up.
    SunSport ref expert Mark Halsey, a former Prem official, has previously said there is “too much chit-chat” between officials and said “conversations must be more precise, to the point and clinical”.
    Referees chief Howard Webb is keen to cut out VAR controversiesCredit: Rex
    It is the latest desperate move, after we revealed the PGMOL had placed an advert to hire VARs with little or no experience.
    Prem fans are strapped in for more VAR carnage when top-flight football returns this weekend.
    Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been charged with “misconduct” for slamming VAR as a “disgrace” after Newcastle scored a controversial winner against his team.
    England boss Gareth Southgate and Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou have both admitted they would scrap video refs. More

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    Howard Webb orders brutal clampdown on Premier League refereeing decisions with fewer penalties set to be awarded

    REFS chief Howard Web has told Premier League officials they MUST clamp down on players waving imaginary cards.PGMOL boss Webb has also reiterated the need for refs to enforce directives penalising dissent.
    Howard Webb has re-enforced rules on VAR and bookingsCredit: Sky Sports
    Referees have been reminded to book players or managers for dissentCredit: PA
    And in a further statement of intent, Webb wants VAR officials to step in if “soft” penalties are wrongly awarded.
    The former World Cup final whistler laid down his demands at the scheduled gathering of officials at their Loughborough base ahead of this weekend’s Prem resumption.
    Webb pointed out that the early season directive to book – and if a second offence, send off – players showing imaginary cards after fouls appears to have been forgotten in recent weeks.
    That inconsistency has been a complaint from fans up and down the country.
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    And his message to the referees was that a policy that was put in place in August has to remain consistently applied throughout the campaign and in future years.
    Webb is equally keen to ensure the strong line against dissent continues – as a way of enforcing better behaviour from players and managers alike.
    This season has seen 88 Prem bookings for dissent, with Fulham top of the bad boy charts on 11 cautions for words or gestures.
    Three players – Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson, West Ham’s Lucas Paqueta and Sean Longstaff of Newcastle – have been cautioned on three occasions.
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    Bosses behaving badly include Manchester United’s Erik ten Hag and Fulham chief Marco Silva, also each yellow carded three times.
    But PGMOL and Prem bosses believe the strong push will improve player behaviour as they realise they will be punished for speaking out of turn.
    Webb told club chiefs at Tuesday’s “shareholder” meeting that this season has so far seen NO incidents of mass confrontation, compared to eight such melees at this point last term.
    New added time rules have seen the average match length rise to 101 minutes and 41 seconds, three minutes and 17 seconds longer than last season.
    The ball has also been in play for 58 minutes and 29 seconds, up 223 seconds, nearly four minutes more, per game.
    Webb also told clubs that he wanted a higher bar for penalty offences and planned to instruct VARs to intervene and recommend overturns when that threshold was not met.
    The PGMOL boss has already publicly admitted Wolves were wrongly penalised twice in successive weeks when first Newcastle and then Sheffield United were given spot-kicks that should not have been awarded. More

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    Mark Halsey: North Macedonia penalty vs England shockingly harsh – what on earth was VAR doing getting involved?

    NORTH MACEDONIA’S first-half penalty against England was a shockingly harsh decision.I was astounded that VAR Michal Ocenas intervened and then Slovakia referee Filip Glova awarded a spot-kick against full-back Rico Lewis.
    North Macedonia were awarded a penalty for a foul on Bojan MiovskiCredit: Channel 4
    The teenage Manchester City debutant, who had his eyes on the ball, had his arms in a natural position as he jumped before heading it away from the hosts’ Bojan Miovski.
    Yes, Lewis caught Miovski with a flailing arm to the face but it was never a penalty. What on earth was Ocenas doing?
    Ref Glova must have seen it in real-time and correctly waved play on because it wasn’t even a foul.
    When he went over to the pitchside monitor, Glova needed to show more mental toughness to back his own call but he didn’t.
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    To compound Lewis’ misery, he was also booked.
    Enis Bardhi scored at the second attempt following the spot-kick but Macedonia should have had an earlier first-half penalty.
    Harry Maguire brought down Elif Elmas and I was surprised Ocenas did not recommend a review for Glova.
    Jack Grealish had a goal ruled out for offside but why did it take three minutes to chalk it off?
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    Harry Maguire was lucky to avoid giving away a penalty earlier in the gameCredit: Channel 4
    The game ended 1-1 after a second-half own goal from Jani Atanasov.
    Fans and former players were baffled with some of the decisions made during the match, particularly the one to award the penalty.
    England icon Gary Lineker tweeted: “It’s not important in the slightest, but that’s the most ridiculous penalty decision.”
    While Chelsea legend John Terry questioned: “Oh my word… How is that a penalty?” More

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    Member of ‘secret’ Premier League panel caught blabbing about verdicts as former international breaks vow of silence

    WHICH member of the ‘secret’ Premier League Key Match Incidents Panel has blabbed on social media about verdicts?The independent group looking at any controversial moments in games are anonymous and are meant to be sworn to silence.
    There have been a number of controversial decisions in the Premier League this seasonCredit: Getty
    Luis Diaz had a goal wrongfully ruled out for an offsideCredit: Premier League
    But the former international has been taking it further by putting  opinions on X and backing up the decisions.
    There have been a number of controversial incidents in the Premier League this season.
    Arguably the biggest occurred during Tottenham’s 2-1 win over Liverpool in September.
    Luis Diaz thought he’d opened the scoring in the 34th minute, but his goal was wrongly disallowed when he was deemed to be offside.
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    The PGMOL were then forced to issue an apology after the match, sparking outrage from fans.
    Wolves also felt aggrieved when they were denied a late penalty in their first game of the season against Manchester United.
    With the score 1-0 to the Red Devils in the 96th minute, Pedro Neto sent a cross into the box.
    Sasa Kalajdzic jumped up to win the ball, but United goalkeeper Andre Onana clattered into him.
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    Manchester United were lucky not to concede a penalty against WolvesCredit: Getty
    PGMOL chief Howard Webb later admitted that it should have been a penalty to Wolves.
    There was another catalogue of VAR checks during Newcastle’s 1-0 win over Arsenal earlier this month.
    Anthony Gordan’s second-half goal was all that separated the two teams in the end, but Mikel Arteta was adamant that it shouldn’t have stood.
    Three VAR checks took place in the build-up to the goal, with the first checking that the ball was in play.
    The second check looked at a potential offside and the third – and arguably most controversial – checked for a foul from Joelinton on Gabriel Magalhaes.
    Webb has since revealed that the decision to give the goal was correct.
    Arteta has also been charged with a breach of FA rules for his furious post-match rant.
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    Inside £1m ‘futuristic’ VAR hub with pool table and MASSAGE AREA as ex-Premier League ref blasts it as ‘holiday camp’

    REFS’ chief Howard Webb has been warned: Stockley Park is a huge waste of money.London’s “elite performance” VAR complex — costing more than £1million — opened in August.
    VAR’s ‘elite performance’ complex features a number of amenitiesCredit: populous.com
    The plush new facility cost £1millionCredit: populous.com
    Officials have the best surroundings to hone their craftCredit: populous.com
    They also have a luxurious private gymCredit: populous.com
    PGMOL boss Webb claimed the “cutting-edge” VAR hub would deliver “an environment where the best possible outcomes can be achieved to benefit the game”.
    But a host of Prem chiefs — including Mikel Arteta, Jurgen Klopp, Erik ten Hag, David Moyes and Gary O’Neil — have been upset at video ref decisions this season.
    And former top ref Mark Halsey blasted: “The facilities on offer at Stockley Park make it seem like a holiday camp. But referees and officials are there to do a job.
    “Howard wants a central hub but doesn’t need a workplace where it is all about rest and relaxation.
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    “The money spent is a tidy sum but what are we getting for it? Certainly not world-class officials.
    “Nice conference rooms, top-of the-range furniture, a gym and an area for table tennis.”
    Refs at Stockley Park can use a lounge, canteen, gym, massage area and pool table, plus  outdoor balcony with sofas and views over London.
    Halsey added: “I could understand splashing the cash on accessories if VARs were getting the decisions right.  But they’re not so it’s a waste of money.
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    The facility features a meeting room a meeting roomCredit: populous.com
    While there is plenty of room to loungeCredit: populous.com
    “Some of the incidents we have seen in the last few weeks have shown VAR has not improved since its implementation. If anything, it has gone backwards.
    “VAR isn’t working, not because of the technology, but because of the personnel operating it.
    “We should be putting the money into producing better quality coaching and training for officials, rather than facilities at Stockley Park.
    “The standard of refereeing is not what it should be at elite level. We only have a handful of top-level refs in Michael Oliver, Anthony Taylor and Chris Kavanagh and that’s not good enough.
    “VARs should not be based at Stockley Park. They should be at the ground as part of the team of officials.
    “That would build better relationships and aid the VAR process.”
    Liverpool boss Klopp demanded a replay after VAR Darren England wrongly ruled out a Luis Diaz goal against Tottenham.
    Arsenal called for an officiating shake-up after Arteta’s rant over Newcastle’s controversial winner.
    The Gunners claimed Anthony Gordon’s goal should have been chalked off for a foul, handball, offside and the ball being out of play.
    Former Toon boss Graeme Souness slammed the “flagrantly poor refereeing”, while Halsey and fellow ex-refs Dermot Gallagher, Keith Hackett, Mark Clattenburg and Chris Foy all said VAR should have disallowed Gordon’s goal.
    Hackett fumed: “The decision to allow it to stand was a clear case of VAR not performing to the standard it should. The rest of the world are laughing at us.”
    But PGMOL chief Webb backed ref Stuart Attwell and VAR Andy Madley in allowing it when VAR audio of the incident was released.
    Madley hints the ball HAD gone out when he says to the video operator: “Go two frames forward, the ball is already back in play.”
    Halsey said: “What does Madley mean by that? His language implies the ball has already gone out.
    “Why use the phrase ‘already back in play?’ Listening to the audio, VAR is all over the place. They talk over each other, it’s chaotic. We need better training.”
    Close-up camera angles of Joelinton’s challenge on Gabriel — which appeared to confirm a push — were not used in determining whether it was a foul, but WERE used on the onside ruling.
    Halsey added: “Why did the VARs rule no push from Joelinton by using two long-range cameras rather than looking at it  from close up?
    “Attwell would not have seen the two hands on Gabriel’s back because of his viewing angle. VAR should have recommended a review.”
    Ref at centre of Arsenal boss Arteta storm breaks silence on VARBy Dan King
    THE ref at the centre of Mikel Arteta’s rant over officials admits Stockley Park’s state-of-the-art facilities mean VARs should be delivering “world-class performances”.
    Arsenal boss Arteta has been charged with misconduct over his astonishing attack on ref Stuart Attwell, VAR Andy Madley and his assistant Stuart Burt.
    Arteta slammed their refusal to disallow Newcastle’s controversial winner against his team earlier this month as “a disgrace” and “embarrassing”.
    Gunners chiefs backed his blast and called for refs’ body PGMOL to “urgently address” the “unacceptable” standards of officiating.
    PGMOL’s Key Match Incident Panel have admitted 19 blunders already this season — including  a “significant human error” by VARs Darren England and Dan Cook in wrongly ruling out Luis Diaz’s goal for Liverpool against Tottenham in September.
    The embarrassing stats come despite the revolutionary new VAR hub being opened in August.
    In a video Attwell concedes: “It’s a fantastic advancement for us.
    “It’s put us in a real position to be able to deliver world-class performances in a world-class competition.
    “We can turn up here now on a match day knowing full well we’ve got every opportunity to be ready for the game and when the game starts, to make decisions in the best possible environment.”
    Fellow elite ref Peter Bankes added: “It’s beyond my wildest dreams in terms of the facilities.
    “The hub itself is fantastic, futuristic and very professional to prepare us mentally.”
    Costing more than £1million, it boasts 94 top-of-the-range TV screens, noise-cancelling headphones, a debrief room,  gym, massage area, lounge, canteen, pool table, video training suite, tactics area and outdoor balcony with sofas.
    The gaming chair-style seats are etched with a VAR emblem.PGMOL hired Populous — the architecture firm behind the stunning Tottenham Hotspur  Stadium — as well as Instinct Laboratory and IMG to ensure the Stockley Park hub opened as an elite environment.
    And PGMOL chief Howard Webb insisted: “It’s a cutting-edge and bespoke elite performance facility, an environment where  the best possible outcomes can be achieved to benefit the game.
    “It’s the perfect space for our officials to work.
    “Good officiating always starts on the field of play — but VAR plays its part to ensure outcomes of games are not decided by clear and obvious errors.”
    Yet Arteta is one of a number of managers who have criticised Prem officials this season.
    Wolves boss Gary O’Neil claimed his side have been robbed of SIX points due to  VAR blunders.
    Manchester United chief Erik ten Hag has also been critical, while Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi revealed he does not like “80 per cent” of refs in England.
    And West Ham manager David Moyes claimed some bosses are scared to speak out for fear of being fined, but declared: “We’ve all been disappointed with some of the officiating this season.”
    Each game is monitored by one VAR, an assistant (AVAR) and a replay operator. Mobile phones must be left at reception.
    PGMOL believe the hub will deliver long-term benefits and VAR has led to more correct calls since it began five years ago.
    David Land, managing director of Populous, said: “We collaborated closely with Instinct Laboratory and IMG to create a bespoke facility.
    It is designed to help VAR officials perform to their optimum level.”David Clarke, head of performance at Instinct Laboratory, said the hub is “the environment officials deserve”.
    While their website claims: “We are ahead of the curve when  it comes to understanding human performance.
    “Performance is all about  getting the very best out of  those operating in high-pressure  situations. This could be anything from elite athletes to surgeons in the operating theatre.
    “It’s vital these key decision-makers can be the best possible versions of themselves.” More