5 things we learned from the FA Cup fifth round

#2 VAR needs a lot of work

Players, pundits, managers and supporters have been debating the positives and negatives of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology ever since it caused controversy at the 2017 Confederations Cup.

The system required major work then and, as we saw in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Huddersfield on Saturday, it still needs major changes if it’s to be used in more competitions in the future.

In fairness, the decision to disallow Juan Mata’s goal for offside proved to be correct and the technology was right on this occasion, but the ‘swiggly line’ graphic that was sent to broadcasters BT Sport by Hawk-Eye was a total embarrassment.

The technology is only being used sparingly at the moment in English football but fans better get used to it because, like it or not, it’s already been confirmed for the 2018 World Cup.

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Danny Hart has been one of the most active writers at Sportskeeda since he began working for the WWE section of the site in October 2017.

Danny currently writes around 100 articles per month about WWE. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked for seven years as a writer and editor for the football website Goal.com. He also reported live from Premier League stadiums around England.

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Edited by Tanya Rudra