Former ref says VAR decisions in Premier League were wrong

LONDON (AP) — A former referee who is assigned to provide guidance to the media on video reviews in the Premier League says the technology got it mostly wrong on Thursday. Dermot Gallagher says in his “Ref Watch” column for Sky Sports that Manchester United and Southampton should not have been awarded penalties and that Tottenham should have been given one. Bruno Fernandes scored the opening goal in United’s 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Aston Villa. The referee had ruled that Ezri Konsa fouled Fernandes and a VAR review confirmed the ruling. Gallagher wrote that Fernandes actually “commits a foul himself and it should not have been a penalty.”