The video assistant referee committed two mistakes during the most recent round of Premier League fixtures, according to the Key Match Incidents panel.

Josh King’s goal for Fulham in a loss to Chelsea was ruled off, and Wolves were not granted a penalty in their defeat at Everton on August 30.

Howard Webb, the chief refereeing officer for Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), stated last week that the decision to disallow King’s goal was a “misjudgment.” King scored after 22 minutes, but it was ruled off after a lengthy VAR review for a foul on Rodrigo Muniz in the build-up.

Muniz was found to have fouled Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah as he stepped on his foot as he twisted at the halfway line.

The panel, which analyses major refereeing decisions in the Premier League every week, determined that VAR Michael Salisbury was wrong to intervene and that referee Rob Jones was wrong to reject the goal.

The vote was as follows: “The panel unanimously supported the original on-field call to allow play to continue and award the goal.” It also stated that Wolves should have received a penalty for Iliman Ndiaye’s foul on Hugo Bueno in the 3-2 loss to Everton.

Three of the panel’s five members called VAR Craig Pawson’s decision not to intervene a mistake.

“The contact made is careless and the panel felt a penalty should have been awarded and that VAR should have intervened on the basis it was a clear and obvious error in not penalising the foul,” the panel’s report read. Wolves have no points at the bottom of the standings.

Chelsea defeated Fulham 2-0 owing to Joao Pedro’s header and Enzo Fernandez’s penalty, both of which occurred after King’s goal was disallowed. Fulham are winless after three league games, and manager Marco Silva commented after the game:

“How you disallow a goal like that is incredible.”VAR is not here to re-referee the game.” Salisbury was removed as VAR for Liverpool’s victory over Arsenal the next day.

The panel determined that there were 18 VAR errors last season, with the majority resulting from missed interventions. There were only two disallowed goals.

The independent panel is comprised of three former players or coaches, one Premier League representative, and one member of the PGMOL board.

It examined 35 events from game week three and concluded that the correct outcome was achieved in 33 of them, including when VAR interfered.

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