Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou has questioned the use of new VAR protocols in the EFL Cup semi-finals, which are taking place this week. (More Football News)
🥂Unlike in the Premier League, referees will explain VAR decisions to the crowd through an in-stadium microphone, which will sync up with the PA system.
ꦑThe measure is a trial and is limited to when the referee has checked the pitchside monitor and overturned a decision. It will also only concern decisions made on offside and accidental handball by a goalscorer.
𓃲While Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was supportive of the measure, suggesting it brings added clarity, Postecoglou was of the opposite opinion.
🐠"Do I welcome it? No," he said on Tuesday.
🔴"Do you think if they had shown the handball on the weekend that our supporters would have been happy?
💝"Would they have come away and said, 'oh, that's great, they explained it?'"
🌌Spurs lost 2-1 at home to Newcastle on Saturday, with the visitors' equalising goal being given despite the ball striking the arm of Joelinton in the build-up.
♔The defeat left them 12th in the Premier League table, 10 points off the top six and eight above the relegation zone ahead of their EFL Cup semi-final first leg against Liverpool.
♏"But at the same time, I have to accept that it's coming in. I have to accept that this is the way forward. I have to accept that I have to be a part of that," Postecoglou added.
☂"But it shouldn't surprise anyone if I'm not a sort of cheerleader for those kinds of things."
ꦛNext up for Tottenham after they host Liverpool is a trip to Tamworth in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.
