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Pep Guardiola emphasized that Manchester City must improve their performance to avoid relying on VAR decisions. He expressed distrust in VAR and urged his team to focus on their game ahead of the match against Crystal Palace.
Pep Guardiola makes a valid point about VAR and Manchester City
VAR, as it so often is, has been a major talking point this week. The Video Assistant Refereeâs decision to disallow West Hamâs late equalizer in their 1-0 defeat to Arsenal at the London Stadium last Sunday has seen VAR dominate the headlines, especially considering that one VAR decision has affected both ends of the Premier League table. Putting that decision, and a host of others that have gone against Manchester City this season, to the side, Pep Guardiola made a valid point about VAR when asked about the subject yesterday. He said his team simply has to be better to put any VAR decisions out of the equation. That is all City can do, and it is what they have previously done in years gone by.
Speaking ahead of another Premier League fixture that Manchester City must win against Crystal Palace, Pep Guardiola was asked about VAR following the controversy that has erupted since Arsenalâs 1-0 win over West Ham. The City manager explained that he doesnât trust VAR, and his team simply has to be better and not worry about refereeing or VAR decisions. He explained, in quotes relayed by Sky Sports: âWhat is important is tomorrow, then weâll see what happens when we get to the next one. I always learned that when you lose focus, youâre in a dangerous situation. Only we can do what we have to do and do it better. That is only in our control.â
Pep Guardiola stated that he doesn't trust VAR and emphasized that Manchester City needs to perform better to avoid being affected by VAR decisions.
VAR has made several controversial decisions against Manchester City, affecting their performance and results in the Premier League.
Manchester City's next match is against Crystal Palace, where Guardiola hopes his team will focus on improving their performance.
VAR has been a major talking point due to controversial decisions, including the disallowed late equalizer for West Ham in their match against Arsenal.
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âWe lost the two FA Cup finals because the referees didnât do their job that they should do. Even the VAR. When this happened, itâs because we have to do better. Not the referees. I have never trusted anything [with VAR] since I arrived a long time ago.â
âThat [VAR] is a flip of a coin. You have to do it better yourself. That is Crystal Palace, focus, focus and focus. Of course, itâs not in our hands in this Premier League. I always said to the players when I arrived here and in Barcelona and Bayern Munich: âGuys do it betterâ. The other one is a job for the statements and institutions which rule the competition.â
Focusing on VAR is wasted energy for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City. Until VAR is refined, streamlined, or fired from a cannon into the sun, the same VAR issues will persist. Since VAR was introduced, it has become a weekly talking point, and that doesnât appear likely to change anytime soon.
All Manchester City can do, as Pep Guardiola pointed out, is get better. City have improved this season with a new-look team. That has been a gradual process across the 2025-26 season. One area of improvement for Pep Guardiolaâs side to focus on is seeing out games. Too many times this season, City have thrown away points from winning positions. That has cost City more in this seasonâs title race than VAR decisions. If Pep Guardiolaâs side fixes this, they wonât have to concern themselves with the decisions made by referees and VAR.
As Pep Guardiola pointed out, there is nothing for Manchester City to gain by concerning themselves with VAR decisions. All City can focus on is getting better to take VAR and everything associated with it out of the equation. Nothing more. That way, VAR wonât be part of the equation for City to overcome in the future.