It won’t cost the league but it is going to continue causing a problem until they update the rules of the game and learn how to use VAR to enforce them. Right now, most of what we have is geared towards a non VAR world and a subjective decision by the on field ref. That needs to change.

Personally I think they should take the tennis approach. The captain and manager / coach have 3 (example number) VAR calls they can request per half. If the review shows that the on field decision should be overturned, they keep that call. If the VAR review sides with the referee then they lose a VAR call for that half. Everything else is down to the on field refs with the exception of offsides but only because I think that they could be automatically done in real-time in a similar way we have goal-line technology checking for goals.

For those who are posting “what about Man city??”

You do the smaller club with the slightly less good lawyers first and then take everything you learned about their defence and go after the bigger club. Man City’s problems haven’t gone away, they’re just doing a practice run first.