Majority of Premier League football fans in favour of VAR despite calls from managers and pundits to scrap it

Daily Mail | March 1, 2018

The majority of Premier League fans are in favour of VAR despite yet more criticism after Tottenham's FA Cup fifth round replay against Rochdale.

Referee Paul Tierney disallowed a first-half goal scored by Tottenham's Erik Lamela with a mystifying VAR call and then ruled out a Son Heung-min penalty due to 'illegal feinting'.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said VAR could 'kill' football but a large proportion of supporters support the idea of referees getting additional help from video technology in the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.

Use of VAR was again criticised after Tottenham's FA Cup fifth round replay against Rochdale

Paul Tierney was at the centre of bizarre events on Wednesday as he relied heavily on VAR

Tottenhamu00a0Mauricio Pochettino could not hide his frustartion on the sidelines — Tottenham Mauricio Pochettino could not hide his frustartion on the sidelines

Seventy-eight per cent support the idea of VAR, with just eight per cent wanting to see the system scrapped, according to a study by BonusCodeBets.