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How can VAR have got it so wrong
by Layth Yousif
Referee Mike Dean reviewing the incident between Manchester United's Anthony Martial and Southampton's Jan Bednarek on the pitchside VAR screen during the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester

HANDS up who thinks the Football Association (FA) and Video Assistant Referee (VAR) got it spectacularly wrong this week? 

Not just in sending David Luiz off, but in refusing to admit they were wrong by failing to overturn Arsenal’s appeal to have the Brazilian’s red card rescinded.

I was in the Wolves press box at Molineux on Tuesday evening to watch the events unfold for this newspaper. 

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