Manchester City were awarded a penalty by Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers after a VAR reviewThe video assistant referee system (VAR) is changing the art of defending, according to Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen. Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers awarded Manchester City a controversial penalty in Tuesday night's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Spurs. "Football is always a very emotional game, and VAR is changing that a bit," 31-year-old Vertonghen said. "I think so many things look like a penalty in slow motion," the Belgian defender said. "If VAR wasn't there I would have got away with it, but the referee's given it and luckily Hugo got me out of trouble.

Source: BBC April 10, 2019 13:52 UTC