Jose Mourinho Says VAR Decision Went Against Protocol

To confirm, the VAR saw the correct image with the correct lines to make the decision.

BT Sport presenter commented at half-time that the “line is all wobbly” while pundit Robbie Savage blasted the decision to overrule the linesman “a shambles”.

BT Sport’s pundits were shocked by the images with Robbie Savage calling it “ridiculous” and “a shambles”.

Judge for yourself by watching the footage of the most marginal of decisions.

Jose Mourinho believes referees should decide whether to call for video assistance but largely backed the VAR program after Manchester United had a goal ruled out after replay on Saturday.

“But we know that it is experimental, and we have to accept”. You’re not really refereeing the game, you’re there for clear and obvious errors and with goals, clear and obvious errors do not come into it in this case.

‘There’s no benefit to the attacker.

“The zig-zaggy lines were a farce and then we were told that’s what we saw and then we were told they actually saw the correct lines”. “I was furious with what happened but at the same time I’ve got to stay faithful to the players and give them a chance to remedy the situation”. All we’re talking about is VAR.

Mourinho’s men opened the scoring as early as the third minute, an ideal start as they looked to exorcise the memories of their Premier League defeat at the same ground in October.

Tom Ince – promised some “pocket money” by his father Paul if he knocked out his old man’s old club in the cup – was nearly quids in, firing a low shot inches wide before agonisingly just failing to get a decisive touch to a defence-splitting centre from the impressive Florent Habergjonaj.

Although it’s good to see that footballers are adopting a personality outside football via social media, there have been a few occasions where sensitive comments made on social media have caused great ramifications for the players. Two times we won and one time we lost, we have the momentum which we always wanted to have and now we have to keep it for the final 11 games.