Premier League name 13 VAR errors in 2024/25 so far | OneFootball

The Premier League have revealed that half of the division's teams have been on the wrong end of incorrect decisions from video assistant referees (VAR) so far this season, no side more negatively impacted than Manchester United.

United suffered blunders in two different games and didn't benefit from a single error - the same unfortunate record as Brentford. The likes of Arsenal and West Ham also found themselves hampered by VAR mistakes, while Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur were both aided by missed calls.

These verdicts were decreed by the division's key match incidents (KMI) panel, which is made up of three former players, one Premier League representative and one figure from the referees' body, PGMOL.

As Tony Scholes, the Premier League's chief football officer, proudly told ESPN, the tally of 13 errors is down from 20 at the same stage of last season. The average average delay of a VAR review is 40 seconds - another decrease from last term's 71, but Scholes admitted: "We've a long way to go."

Incorrect VAR interventions

Bournemouth 1-1 Newcastle (25 August 2024)

Dango Ouattara had a 92nd-minute winner wrongly ruled out for handball, leaving Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola to fume: "It's the most frustrated I've been on a touchline."

West Ham 2-1 Man Utd (27 October 2024)

"Nobody underestimates the significance and the impact of one single error," Premier League CFO Scholes noted. "We know that one single error can cost clubs points, can cost them results, can cost managers positions, potentially players their place." Erik ten Hag proved that theory back in October, when Jarrod Bowen defeated Manchester United with an unjust stoppage-time penalty the day before the Dutchman was sacked.

Everton 0-0 Brentford (23 November 2024)

Shortly before half-time of a goalless draw, Christian Norgaard was sent off for following through on goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Brentford's Thomas Frank said post-match it was "never a red card" and "there needs to be more common sense".

Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton (19 January 2025)

Chris Wood was wrongly deemed to be interfering with play from an offside position when Nikola Milenkovic headed Nottingham Forest into a short-lived 4-1 lead.

Missed VAR interventions

Man Utd 0-3 Tottenham (29 September 2024)

Bruno Fernandes had his red card against Spurs overturned, with PGMOL chief Howard Webb admitting it was a "mistake" to so severely punish his high tackle on James Maddison after a slip.

Aston Villa 2-2 Crystal Palace (23 November 2024)

Ian Maatsen mistakenly avoided a red card for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity midway through the second half of Crystal Palace's trip to the Midlands before Villa nabbed their second equaliser.

Everton 4-0 Wolves (4 December 2024)

Craig Dawson's second own goal at the end of a one-sided rout should have been disallowed due to Abdoulaye Doucoure's interference in play from an offside position.

Craig Dawson could have been spared the ignominy of two own goals in the same game / Malcolm Couzens/GettyImages

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa (14 December 2024)

Elliot Anderson was not penalised for tugging down Morgan Rogers in the first half. To add insult to injustice, Anderson teed up Anthony Elanga's stoppage-time winner.

West Ham 1-1 Brighton (21 December 2024)

Pervis Estupinan should have been given a straight red card for serious foul play at the end of a tetchy draw.

Brighton 0-0 Brentford (27 December 2024)

Brighton forward Joao Pedro escaped punishment for an attempted elbow on Yehor Yarmoliuk. "Whether you hit them or not, it's a red," Brentford manager Thomas Frank seethed post-game, "that's how we understand the rules." The KMI panel ultimately agreed.

West Ham 0-5 Liverpool (29 December 2024)

Liverpool were only 1-0 up when Alexis Mac Allister escaped scrutiny for a foul in the penalty box. Cody Gakpo doubled the visitors' advantage five minutes later as a rout unfolded at the London Stadium.

Ipswich 0-2 Brighton (19 January 2025)

Ipswich Town defender Wes Burns was deemed to have commited a foul worthy of penalty in the opening 11 minutes before Brighton scored twice in the second half. Joao Pedro wasn't punished for another dangerous challenge in this fixture, but that was judged to be the correct decision.

Wolves 0-1 Arsenal (25 January 2025)

Myles Lewis-Skelly's controversial red card was eventually overturned on appeal, but not before referee Michael Oliver had to require police protection at his family home.