Premier League bosses have admitted that VAR is constrained by technology when determining tight offside calls.

The Mail on Sunday revealed last week that the 50 frames-per-second footage used by VAR meant officials could not be definitive on the most marginal offsides.

Raheem Sterling was judged to be 2.4cm offside against West Ham United on the opening day of the season despite the Manchester City forward running so fast he would move 13cm between frames, while it was also often impossible to judge the precise moment that the ball was played.

Premier League bosses have admitted that VAR is constrained by the current technology

‘If people are saying that’s not good enough, that is their call,’ former Premier League referee and head of VAR Neil Swarbrick told BBC Leicester.

‘That is what we are provided with, that is what broadcasters use, so that’s what we use.

‘We can only make decisions on the technology we have got. If that improves and there are better frame rates introduced, then we will use it.

'But at the moment that is what we operate with. If 50fps seems unbelievably slow then so be it. We can only use what we are provided with.’