Top referee Webb backs VAR to improve Premier League


FILE PHOTO: England's referee Howard Webb addresses the media during a training camp for referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Howard Webb has more experience than most of officiating top flight football matches and his stint in North America's Major League Soccer has convinced him that Video Assistant Referees (VAR) will only improve the English Premier League.

VAR will make its Premier League debut when Liverpool host Norwich City at Anfield to kick off the new season on Friday night and it is fair to say there are still plenty in England who question the impact of technology on the game.

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