Wenger sees the introduction of VAR as positive.
The French manager outlined a number of situations in which the VAR would have favoured his team’s needs, the most important of which came in the 2006 Champions League final against Barcelona.
‘I would choose Barcelona’s equaliser in the 2006 Champions League final because it was offside, and we were 1-0 up with 30 minutes to go’, Wenger answered when asked which refereeing decisions he would have liked VAR to change. ‘That’s the trophy I miss here, you know, so that is for me the most important one’.
He also lamented another decision when facing Barcelona in 2011: ‘The second one I would choose is the second yellow card for Robin van Persie at Barcelona in 2011, because this was the moment we were qualified against a very strong team, and it was a very difficult decision to accept, it basically killed our chances’, the Frenchman stated.
He also expressed his belief that controversial decisions impacted last season’s Champions League exit against Bayern Munich: ‘After that maybe I go to a more recent decision, against Bayern Munich when Koscielny was sent off for a penalty when Lewandowski was offside. That just comes to my mind now but maybe I forget many, many, many, many more’, Wenger concluded.
SOURCE: BESOCCER
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