Why the KMI Panel ruling on Liverpool vs Arsenal exposes a broken VAR system

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Refereeing decisions and a glaring lack of VAR intervention have dominated the agenda at Anfield following a frustrating sequence of Premier League matches. Now, official confirmation has validated Liverpool’s anger.

The Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel has officially ruled that the refereeing team should have awarded Liverpool a penalty. Furthermore, a separate 3-2 majority agreed that VAR Attwell should have instructed Madley to consult the monitor according to BBC Sport Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty against Arsenal after Alexander Isak was pulled back by Jurrien Timber, the Premier League's KMI Panel has ruled.

As a result, the Premier League has created a system where monitors function as virtual guarantees of an overturn, while VAR officials refuse to send referees to check incidents that desperately require a second look. Liverpool suffered twice: first,when VAR failed to catch a clear shirt pull on Isak, and second, when VAR refused to correct an obvious misinterpretation involving Kerkez.