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Referees must make pitch-side VAR reviews - Wenger

Decisions have been criticised for disallowing goals based on fractional offside calls, with several minutes sometimes elapsing before a final call

Arsene Wenger believes referees must make better use of pitch-side reviews if VAR is to become a success.

The Premier League has been dogged by a succession of contentious decisions prompted by VAR reviews this season, leading to calls for it to be overhauled or scrapped altogether.

Decisions have been criticised for disallowing goals based on fractional offside calls, with several minutes sometimes elapsing before a final call is made.

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And the former Arsenal manager stressed that if the system is to recover its credibility, referees must make use of the facility to review decisions themselves, rather than rely on checks being made by officials in Stockley Park.