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Manchester United and Arsenal were involved in VAR drama over the weekend(Image: Alex Dodd - CameraSport via Getty Images)

The Premier League returned at the weekend – and with it so did the VAR controversy.

Here, Mirror Football have delved into some of the most debated decisions made by VAR during the first weekend of the Premier League season.

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One of the most talked-about decisions saw Eze's stunning free-kick ruled out by VAR.



Eze struck a venomous effort from outside the box that was too powerful for Robert Sanchez and appeared to have given Palace a shock lead at Stamford Bridge early in the first-half.

However, the celebrations were quickly halted as the goal was checked.

I would have lost my mind if we had a goal chopped off for that."

Another said: "If we had scored a freekick like Eze’s today and it was ruled out for the same reason my head would be on mars," and a third added: "Palace were well and truly robbed earlier that Eze freekick should've stood."

However, despite the uproar, according to the laws of the game the correct decision was made by VAR.

In the first game of the new campaign on Friday night, reigning champions Liverpool took on Bournemouth at Anfield.

Early in the first half, Cherries defender Marcos Senesi appeared to have handled the ball near the halfway line, after initially attempting to control it with his thigh.

Without this intervention, Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike looked to be away through on goal unchallenged, leading to a barrage of comments online criticising what seemed to be a huge miss from VAR.

One wrote: "PGMOL an absolute laughing stock just 13 minutes into the new Premier League season as a blatant handball and red card ignored by VAR, despite the whole world watching Bournemouth’s Senesi deliberately deny Ekitike and Liverpool a chance to score."

Another said: "That was a clear handball by Senesi," while a third noted: "How did senesi not get booked for that handball tho?"

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However, the decision was checked by VAR at the time, and the Premier League Match Centre X account cleared up the confusion for social media users via a tweet posted minutes after the incident.

In the 66th minute of the game, a ball was clipped into makeshift striker Anthony Gordon, who was through on goal.

However, Konsa pulled the England international back just beyond the halfway line, and received a red card for his troubles by referee Craig Pawson - which was then checked by VAR and confirmed.

The Premier League Match Centre updated viewers on the decision, as they wrote: "The referee’s call of red card to Konsa for the denial of an obvious goal scoring opportunity (DOGSO) was checked and confirmed by VAR."

Ezri Konsa left his team a man down for much of the second half(Image: Neal Simpson/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)

Fans were less irritated by this decision, with many agreeing that the referee and his video assistant on the sidelines had made the correct decision.
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