‘They create big damage’ – Conte slams VAR in Champions League and PL
Antonio Conte has slammed the use of VAR in the Premier League and Champions League this season, claiming multiple decisions have gone against Tottenham.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was rocking last night when Harry Kane smashed home a 95th-minute winner against Sporting Lisbon, a goal that would have taken the Lilywhites through to the knockouts as winners of Group D.
However, a five-minute VAR review eventually ruled out the injury-time strike, stating that Harry Kane had been offside despite appearing to be behind the ball in the replays.
Antonio Conte was then shown a red card for entering the field to protest the decision, and the Spurs boss has certainly been less that impressed by VAR in general this season.
He even pointed back to when Hugo Lloris saved a penalty against Leicester City, only to have it retaken because his foot was an inch or two off the line – something Conte claims to not have seen anywhere else this season.
On VAR, he said (Football London): “The ball is in front of Kane. And then the VAR.
“I repeat you know I don’t comment on referee decision but the VAR, this season, I don’t know why between Premier League and Champions League, we are not so lucky.
“I don’t know why until now we are also the only team who repeated the penalty and every penalty I go to see, if the keeper move on line, I see a lot of the time. I want to see repetition of a penalty in Premier League. I think we are not so lucky with VAR but I think they create big damage.
“I would like to see if this type of decision you can take with a top team, in an important game, yeah I would like to see if VAR is so brave to take this decision.
“I repeat this unfair decision because the ball is in front of Kane. Sorry, but I am really upset because sometimes you can accept this situation and sometimes I think it is not good because I don’t see honesty in this type of situation and when I see this I become really, really upset.”
Spurs Web Opinion:
This is why everyone hates VAR. The feeling you get when a long VAR review goes against you is not outweighed by the positive when one goes for you. It removes that sense of instant celebration from the game, even if I do understand why it is there to enforce the rules. There is no consistency.
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