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Video technology should be used for offside decisions - Arsene Wenger

LONDON -- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger thinks the use of TV replays by referees should only be added for offside decisions for now.

Football's rule-making board the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has approved the start of in-game trials with video assistance for referees that are expected to start next year.

However, those trials would be restricted to referees ruling on whether a goal has been scored, a penalty should be awarded, a player should be sent off or in cases of mistaken identity.

With goal-line technology having already been introduced in football, Wenger said offside decisions should be the next frontier.