We saw at Anfield on Saturday night that there is still a long way to go before VAR works smoothly. At the moment it is the centre of attention, which is very worrying.

Craig Pawson, the referee, was involved in three incidents in which VAR played a part: disallowing Craig Dawson’s goal, awarding Liverpool a penalty, and allowing West Brom’s third goal to stand. The correct decision was reached in all cases but the penalty in particular took too long and I’m worried that referees are hiding behind the technology. Nobody blames Pawson for what happened on Saturday night; they are talking about VAR. But without the technology there to rescue him, he would have made several mistakes. I think lots of other referees would