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Premier League will VAR specialists after mistakes this season

Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb will create a team of VAR specialists in an effort to cut down on wrong decisions.

The video technology continues to cause controversy with fans confused and frustrated by what they saw as inconsistent handball decisions last weekend.

Earlier this month, Webb had to apologise to Brighton for the third time this season after they were wrongfully denied a penalty by VAR when Kaoru Mitoma was fouled by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in their defeat at Tottenham.

But the former World Cup final referee plans to drive up standards by appointing a new VAR manager to replace the outgoing Neil Swarbrick in the summer and recruiting extra coaches.