Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has blasted Video Assistant Referee (VAR) after awarding Harry Kane a penalty in the 1-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur noting that “at the moment here the referees are not ready to use it in the right way”.
Kane was brought down by Kepa Arrizabalaga inside the penalty area after the lanky striker tried to round him but replays showed that he was slightly offside before he beat the Chelsea defense.
Referee, Michael Oliver originally blew for offside but after VAR consultations a penalty was given which Kane held his nerve to score, a goal which put Spurs in control of the two-legged tie.
Speaking after the game, Sarri noted that VAR still has a long way to go for it to become accurate, “In Italy there is the VAR. In the first period it was a disaster, also in Italy it was very difficult for the referee to get used to the system. I think that at the moment here the referees are not ready to use it in the right way the system. For example, apart from the image in our camera, Kane was offside, clearly offside, but it is not important.
“I think that they need to study better the system. It is very strange in the Premier League there is not the system, but in the Carabao Cup suddenly there is the system.
