The Premier League had decided to review the Saturday’s controversial VAR decisions at Chelsea and Newcastle with referees’ organisation PGMOL as a matter of priority.
This is on the heels of apology by Mike Dean, retired Premier League, PL referee, who was given a role as one of the Video Assistant Referee, VAR this season for his error in last Chelsea and Tottenham 2-2 draw.
Key incidents from games are reviewed as a matter of course by a newly formed independent panel, which includes representatives of the Premier League, PGMOL and three former players.
The outcomes of these meetings are shared with clubs.
However, in the case of the specific incidents at Newcastle and Chelsea, there is concern at the Premier League about how the decisions came to be changed and they are looking for an explanation of that from PGMOL.
Mike Dean, retired Premier League, PL referee, who was given a role as one of the Video Assistant Referee, VAR this season has apologised for his error in not calling the attention of referee Anthony Taylor to review Cristian Romero’s hair pull on Marc Cucurella for a possible red card in Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea.
Dean, who heads the VAR team for the match at Stamford Bridge, decided the incident was not worth any punishment at the time.
Harry Kane headed in from the resulting corner taken by Ivan Perisic to equalize in stoppage time.
Dean, who admitted in his Daily Column wrote: “No referee wants to be driving home from a game knowing they should have made a different call. Sometimes in hindsight, you realize you could have acted differently.
“For the second goal by Harry Kane, I asked referee Anthony Taylor to wait while I looked at the incident involving Tottenham’s Cristian Romero and Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella.
“I could not award a free-kick as VAR, but I could recommend to Taylor that he visit the referee review area to consider a possible red card. In the few seconds, I had to study Romero pulling Cucurella’s hair, I didn’t deem it a violent act.
“I’ve since studied the footage, spoken to other referees and, upon reflection, I should have asked Taylor to visit his pitch-side monitor to take a look for himself. The referee on the field always has the final say.
“It goes to show that no matter how experienced you are, and I’ve spent more than two decades as a Premier League official, you are always learning.
“It’s disappointing for me as this was one incident in an otherwise very good weekend from our officials,” the VAR man said.
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