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Football's Best VAR Moments

By Michael Spicer

The whole nation has been talking of little else since last weekend: the VAR decision in the Carabao Cup first round.

Whether Antoine Semenyo’s second goal for Manchester City against Newcastle should be allowed was the subject of a long analysis using the controversial technology.

And the perfect fodder for the talking-head programme Football's Best VAR Moments.

Michael Spicer uses all the clichés of the genre to unpack the offside decision with the forensic vigour we expect of the VAR system itself… 

Published: 21 Jan 2026

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