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Social media explanations - what is new with VAR this season?

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The 2023-24 Premier League season ended with Wolves triggering a vote to scrap the use of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) after a season of acrimony around the standard of refereeing and impact of technology on football.

Wolves lost the vote 19-1 but the Premier League promised to improve VAR.

As VAR enters its sixth season in the top flight, the Premier League says fans can expect quicker decisions, fewer interventions, more emphasis on backing the referee's judgement - plus "near-live" explanations of VAR calls on social media platform X.

BBC Sport outlines the key talking points and changes, following briefings with the Premier League and referees' chief Howard Webb this week.