Why Arsenal star Gabriel escaping red card for Erling Haaland ‘headbutt’ proves joyless VAR must be scrapped

VAR manages to be controversial even when it isn’t in use. That, in itself, tells you everything. Referees make mistakes. Always have, always will. It’s part of football’s fabric, part of its argument, part of its theatre. What was never part of the deal was this... a system designed to remove error, yet somehow capable of...