Implementation Of VAR Must Change – Klopp

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has come out to share what he would like to change about football. He recently revealed that the implementation of VAR technology is one thing he would change about the sport.

According to him, he absolutely feels the use of the technology needs to be streamlined and improved to prevent it from hurting the game the more.

He added that VAR was a brilliant idea for football but its implementation has been nothing to write home about.

His words, “In this moment it’s more how we use VAR. The clear and obvious error, that’s not right because what is a clear and obvious error? It’s right or wrong,”

“Yeah, the ref could see it maybe like this…”

“And it’s not about us, it’s in general. We now have a situation, there’s a foul and then the ref says play on and then you see, the whole world is clear, no, it was a foul.”

“The clear and obvious and the understanding I would change it immediately. The one in the office says, ‘No, it was a foul’ bam, foul and go back for the free kick or a penalty, whatever, just for that and it would make things so much easier.”

“Now we have everyone thinks it was a mistake by the ref, which isn’t a problem, it happens as the game is so quick, but you have another guy in the office who sees it better and now he says, ‘Nah, I don’t want to overrule him.”

“Where’s the problem? It’s all about the right decision, nothing else. So to delete this little phrase, clear and obvious error.”