Postecoglou on VAR: Might as well let AI be ref

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou bemoaned the time-consuming VAR process that saw Pape Sarr's extremity chopped disconnected successful their 1-0 defeat astatine Chelsea connected Thursday and said shot was heading towards being refereed by artificial intelligence.

Referee Craig Pawson was advised by VAR to check Sarr's 69th-minute equaliser connected the show and yet chalked disconnected the goal for a foul by the Spurs subordinate successful the build-up.

"It's going to beryllium refereed by AI soon," Postecoglou told reporters aft Thursday's Premier League match.

"We mightiness arsenic good dispense with the players erstwhile immoderate genius comes up with a crippled with nary participants astatine immoderate point. As referees aren't refereeing.

"Whether I deliberation its a foul oregon not, does not matter. VAR was called successful for wide and evident errors. How agelong did it instrumentality tonight? Six minutes. For a wide and evident error.

"I don't spot however it's benefiting our game. I don't deliberation anyone would person complained contiguous if we conscionable went with referees' decisions."

Spurs, who are 14th, big Southampton connected Sunday earlier welcoming Eintracht Frankfurt for the archetypal limb of their Europa League quarterfinal connected Thursday.