GETTY Wembley Stadium is hosting the Carabao Cup final this afternoon Arsenal take on Manchester City at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final the afternoon. And they will do so with the addition of VAR to help Craig Pawson and his team. The system is being trialled in English football and has thrown up some hiccups with wonky lines and controversy over how long decisions take to be reached. So what is it? What is VAR? The Video Assistant Referee system is designed to help match officials get more decisions right. It is supposed to come into action when officials have made a ‘clear and obvious’ error in four areas: goals, straight red cards, penalties and mistaken identity. CARABAO...
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