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18 Feb, 11 tweets, 2 min read

LATEST VAR STATS THREAD

Overturns: 83
Rejected: 3
Goals: 23
Disallowed: 25
Pens: 19 (4 missed)
-for handball: 8
-overturned: 16
-retakes: 3
Offside goals: 20
Allowed after offside: 5
Disallowed handball: 3
Allowed after handball: 0
Reds: 12
-overturned: 1
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VAR STATS (cont)

Most for: Brighton 8
Fewest for: Arsenal 1
Most against: Liverpool 10
Fewest against: Burnley 0
Most net for: Chelsea, Everton 3
Most net against: Liverpool 5
Most involvement: Man United 15

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals awarded: Leicester 4
Most goals disallowed: Liverpool 6
Best net goal score: Everton, Sheffield United +3
Worst net goal score: Liverpool -8

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals to opposition: Brighton, Liverpool, Tottenham, West Brom 3
Most goals disallowed for opposition: Brighton, Tottenham, West Ham 3
Most penalties awarded: Leicester, Sheffield United 3
Most penalties conceded: Brighton, Liverpool, Tottenham 3

VAR STATS (cont)

Most subjective decisions for: Man United 5
Most subjective decisions against: Fulham 5
Best net subjective score: Man United +3
Worst net subjective score: Arsenal, West Brom, Wolves -2

VAR overturns (net score)

Chelsea +3
Everton +3
Brighton +2
Burnley +2
Leeds +2
Sheffield United +2
Man City +1
Newcastle +1
Southampton +1
Aston Villa 0
Crystal Palace 0
Fulham 0
Leicester 0
Man United 0
West Ham -1
Wolves -1
Tottenham -2
Arsenal -4
West Brom -4
Liverpool -5

VAR overturns - decisions for

Brighton 8
Man United 7
Chelsea 5
Crystal Palace 5
Fulham 5
Leicester City 5
Liverpool 5
Sheffield United 5
Southampton 5
Aston Villa 4
Everton 4
Leeds 4
Newcastle 4
Tottenham 4
Man City 3
West Ham 3
Wolves 3
Burnley 2
West Brom 2
Arsenal 1

VAR overturns - decisions against

Liverpool 10
Man United 7
Brighton 6
Tottenham 6
West Brom 6
Arsenal 5
Crystal Palace 5
Fulham 5
Leicester City 5
Aston Villa 4
Southampton 4
West Ham 4
Wolves 4
Newcastle 3
Sheffield United 3
Chelsea 2
Leeds 2
Man City 2
Everton 1
Burnley 0

REF VAR STATS

Most overturns (VAR): Jon Moss (10)
Most subjective overturns (VAR): Jon Moss (5)
Most subjective overturns (ref): Craig Pawson (5)

REF VAR STATS

Most pens (VAR): Andre Marriner, Simon Hooper, Lee Mason, Jon Moss, Paul Tierney (2)
Most VAR penalties (ref): Craig Pawson (3)
Most VAR red cards (ref): Graham Scott (3)
Most red cards (VAR): Michael Oliver (2)
Most goals disallowed (VAR): Jon Moss (4)

REF VAR STATS

Most goals disallowed for offside (VAR): Jon Moss (3)
Least involvement (VAR): Mike Dean, Anthony Taylor (1)
Least involvement (ref): Simon Hooper, Andre Marriner, Paul Tierney (1)
Least involvement, subjective only (ref): Darren England, Simon Hooper (0)

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The Monday VAR thread, on Tuesday, has landed. Lots to cover this week, you might say too much...

Including:
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- Rescinded penalties
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As usual, don't shoot the messenger - and there's too much to include everything.

Let's start by remembering that the first VAR decision at Leicester was in Liverpool's favour - and correctly so.

Stuart Attwell correctly decided the contact on Harvey Barnes from Tiago was just outside the area, and cancelled the penalty.

Onto the James Maddison goal, allowed after Daniel Amartey was ruled onside by the VAR, following an offside flag.

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LATEST VAR STATS THREAD

Overturns: 78
Rejected: 3
Goals: 22
Disallowed: 25
Pens: 19 (4 missed)
-for handball: 8
-overturned: 12
-retakes: 3
Offside goals: 20
Allowed after offside: 4
Disallowed handball: 2
Allowed after handball: 0
Reds: 12
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Most for: Brighton 8
Fewest for: Arsenal, WBA 1
Most against: Liverpool 9
Fewest against: Burnley 0
Most net for: Chelsea, Everton 3
Most net against: Liverpool, West Brom 5
Most involvement: Man United 14

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals awarded: Leicester, Sheffield United 3
Most goals disallowed: Liverpool 6

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While ref Mike Dean has to take responsibility, it's Mason who must shoulder most of the blame.

Mason instigates the review, it cannot happen without his intervention.

A reminder of the wording of the law here on violent conduct.

"A player who, when not challenging for the ball, deliberately strikes an opponent or any other person on the head or face with the hand or arm, is guilty of violent conduct unless the force used was negligible."

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Okay, let's take a look at Tuesday night's madness in the Premier League, with the Laws and VAR.

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Let's start by explaining the Triple Punishment law, brought in from 2016-17.

It states a player is cautioned if the offence "was an attempt to play the ball" and "in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.)" it's a red."

So, in general terms, Luiz and Bednarek both denied a goal-scoring opportunity with no attempt to play the ball.

That neither attempted to make a challenge isn't considered, as intent is no longer in the Laws of the Game.

They are better making a poor, desperate tackle.

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