Chelsea's victory over Tottenham was the latest result to be overshadowed by more VAR farce, with both Frank Lampard and former Premier League referee Keith Hackett hitting out at the technology.
Lampard branded Giovani Lo Celso avoiding a red card as "another huge question mark" on the Video Assistant Referee system.
Tottenham midfielder Lo Celso stamped on Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta as the Blues beat Spurs 2-1 in Saturday's Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge.
Referee Michael Oliver missed the incident and a VAR review ruled against a red card for Lo Celso - but technology coordinators at Stockley Park later admitted their error and that the Spurs star should have been dismissed.
😡 Giovani Lo Celso stamps on Azpilicueta
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) February 22, 2020
👀 Michael Oliver misses incident
📺 VAR somehow say no red card
😳 Stockley Park admit mistake but won't take retrospective action
📽️ Thoughts?! #CFC #THFC pic.twitter.com/o63Vj6eJS5
Olivier Giroud and Marcos Alonso struck as Chelsea cemented fourth place, but Blues manager Lampard was left fuming at Lo Celso avoiding a dismissal.
"Everybody knew they made a mistake," said Lampard.
"We have got the monitor on the side of the pitch and can view it. I was just waiting for the red card to be shown, not with pleasure, but that's a tackle that endangers a player.
"It's just not good enough, there's no more to say. Saying afterwards they made a mistake is not good enough. They had minutes, but they still made a mistake.
🗣 "It's a human error, it's a very subjective call..."
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) February 22, 2020
Peter Walton discusses the Giovani Lo Celso stamp and the VAR error that saw him stay on the pitch at Stamford Bridge pic.twitter.com/txnNjSsPrf
"It's another huge question mark on VAR.
"I want it to be good, I want it to work. VAR was brought in to remove mistakes and it was so wrong today. So it's more question marks.
"This situation didn't need the pitchside monitor. It's a clear decision, Stockley Park, red card, game goes on."
Former top-flight ref Keith Hackett also insisted the Video Assistant Referee got it badly wrong, responding on Twitter by demanding those responsible for VAR decisions "update" themselves on the laws of the game.
"Come on David Coote VAR," Hackett said. "That is a red card every day. It's not a difficult decision. Lo Celso should have received a red card.
"Now I want to know who is the person at the centre of the PGMOL statement. I suggest that he goes to theifab.com and updates himself on LOTG (laws of the game)."
VAR was introduced to the Premier League for the first time this season and fans are growing increasingly frustrated at its impact on the game.
Jeff Stelling’s reaction to the Lo Celso VAR blunder - and the decision for him not to face retrospective action - speaks for most of us! pic.twitter.com/0NXQYWNTsh
— Chris Hammer (@ChrisHammer180) February 22, 2020
A growing number of controversial VAR offside calls have been questioned in recent weeks, with Olivier Giroud's header for Chelsea in Monday night's home defeat to Manchester United ruled out by the slightest of margins.
Fans also complain that VAR takes centre stage far too frequently and have been critical of the delays taken to reach decisions during play.
FIFA's chief of global football development Arsene Wenger said this week that the offside law could be changed due to the number of goals contentiously ruled out by VAR.
The former Arsenal boss sits on the technical panel of the International Football Association Board (Ifab), which sets football's laws.
He suggested amending the law so that "you will not be offside if any part of the body that can score a goal is in line with the last defender, even if other parts of the attacker's body are in front".
