Every VAR error: How Arsenal escaped red cards and penalties
Arsenal and Chelsea benefited significantly from VAR and referee errors during the season. Arsenal won the Premier League without receiving a red card or conceding a penalty, despite having several decisions go in their favor. The analysis revealed a total of 25 VAR errors this season, with Arsenal and Chelsea being the top beneficiaries.
- ▪Arsenal should have conceded three penalties and received three red cards this season.
- ▪Chelsea gained from eight referee mistakes, including two incorrect VAR interventions.
- ▪Overall, Chelsea and Arsenal had the highest net scores from VAR and on-field errors, both benefiting from multiple mistakes.
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Every VAR error: How Arsenal escaped red cards and penaltiesImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Everton were trailing 1-0 against Arsenal and could have been awarded a penalty had there been a VAR intervention for an incident during their gameByDale JohnsonFootball issues correspondentPublished14 minutes agoArsenal and Chelsea were the biggest beneficiaries of video assistant referee and on-field errors this season.Mikel Arteta's Gunners won the Premier League while becoming the first team to go the whole campaign without receiving a red card or conceding a penalty.But data logged by the Premier League's key match incidents (KMI) panel shows that Arsenal should have conceded three penalties and received three red cards.In total, Arsenal had seven referee mistakes in their favour,…
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