VAR mistakes are ruining Wolves who lost 7 points so far

Nothing new in England. Even this Tuesday, the island's press is buzzing about the controversial judges' decisions and wondering: how long will they last? VAR does not help either, British referees are not better after four and a half years since the video technology was introduced. In fact, instead of making the situation easier, according to Wolverhampton coach Gary O'Neill, VAR is becoming a huge problem. And all because the referees they cannot use it properly. In last night's example, it was confirmed once more. In the last match of the 13th round of the Premier League, Fulham defeated Wolves in a game marked by three penalties and many disputed details, most of which, according to the coach of the guests, were against them. Not for the first time this season.

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According to the Premier League's Independent Refereeing Body, O'Neill's side have already suffered losses against Manchester United, Newcastle and Sheffield United.

"I've always been in favor of VAR, but I think it's slowly becoming a big problem. When I look at this evening, the referee would have probably done a better job alone and without VAR’s interference. What’s the point of VAR if all these incidents are missed? I don’t think it’s helped the game at all. The difference between 22 points and 15 points for the thousands of supporters who follow this team around the country is huge. The difference between 22 and 15 on my reputation when you’re trying to build at a big club is irreparable. You can send me flowers. You can ring me tomorrow. You can do what you want but we should be on 22 points instead of 15. We're going to try and conduct myself in the way that I think is right and I will co'ntinue to but the players are extremely frustrated. The players are like yeah, should we make some noise about this? Do we need social media posts? But my advice so far before this evening is to make sure we were good enough to win the game regardless of what the officials do“ said O'Neal.

In the sea of ​​disputed details, three stood out, and the most disputed of all took place in the 55th minute when the head referee Michael Salisbury awarded the first of two penalties for Fulham. Tom Cairney was the first to reach the ball, Nelson Semedo extended his leg to stop him and the home team player fell as if mowed down. At first it appeared that the Portuguese defender was late, but replays showed that he actually managed to get to the ball. A video that Salisbury didn't even look at.

The second mistake was when they were awarded a penalty in the 75th minute, because after a foul on Hee Chan Hwan, he did not exclude Tim Ream, who already had a yellow card.

"We had an interesting conversation. Saulsbury thought the penalty was punishment enough. Later they sent someone to speak to one of my assistants and said that as a rule he should get a second yellow card and be sent off“ said O'Neil.

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Finally, a detail from the finish of the game when Fulham striker Carlos Vinicius, while getting up from the ground, headbutted Max Kilman on the head - it seems knowingly, with intent. Earlier in the season, the Brazilian hit Chelsea defenders Thiago Silva and Sheffield United's Auston Trusty without the ball and went unpunished, and he went unpunished last night as well.

"He told me it was a soft header. I told him that was crazy. We can headbutt people on the football pitch as long as it's considered a soft or not strong enough header? They came out afterwards and said they were of the law they got it wrong - that it should be a red card. Should I tell Max to roll on the floor when someone headbutts him? I don't want to do that?" O'Neill wondered.

The former Bournemouth manager has already spoken to Howard Webb, the head of the refereeing commission, but claims he will not do the same this time.

"I'm not going to call anyone. What can I do? I have two options. To continue to behave as I should and to make my players behave as they should. Or we start saying: 'This is not working. We're going to have to make noise '. That's two decisions I can make. I was really honest. I can't accept that decisions go against us so often. That should be fixed“ he said.