Jamie Vardy has admitted that he does not know what VAR stands for, let alone understand how it works.

Vardy saw his first England goal in a year cancelled out late on when Italy’s Lorenzo Insigne netted a penalty that was awarded via the video assistant referee on Tuesday night.

England manager Gareth Southgate complained the incident, for which James Tarkowski was penalised, did not fulfil the ‘clear and obvious’ criteria for VAR to be used and Vardy has revealed the confusion within the squad.

Fifa gave the green light for VAR to be used at the World Cup and Vardy acknowledged that England’s opponents will understand it better having played under it for longer and more regularly.

Before a reporter could get a question in, Vardy said: “Don’t ask me about VAR. I don’t know what it stands for. I wouldn’t be able to give you an answer if you asked me.