We need to 'reframe our relationship' with VAR

BBC Sport football issues correspondent Dale Johnson has written this piece looking at how VAR has this week been involved in two big decisions in title races in both England and Scotland - and in the case of the Premier League, the relegation battle too.

So we asked supporters of clubs involved - including Arsenal fan writer Chris Howard - what it says about how VAR is working...

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As a matchgoing supporter, I experience the agony of a VAR "wait" call on a regular basis, and I am not a fan. But Pandora's box has been open, kids, so we all need to reframe our relationship with it.

And I think we also have to go back to what we all want from VAR.

We hear "consistency" and "getting the right decision" as the key reasons. The first part can be debated, but I do feel that when the decisions aren't extremely subjective - "that's never a pen!" - VAR does often get things right.

The noise around West Ham's goal was not about the decision in isolation, it was partisan fans, commentators and ex-players having their say and trying to create noise and get themselves profiled.

We do, however, need to look at those in charge of VAR and a review of the people behind the screens is something that needs to be done sooner rather than later.

Find more from Chris Howard at Suburban Gooners and the Same Old Arsenal Podcast