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Incident-by-incident: Was it a bad weekend for VAR?

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Almost every game had a controversial VAR decision in the Premier League this weekend. But how many might go down as errors?

Manchester United's last-gasp equaliser against Aston Villa survived a VAR review for a potential foul

Whisper it quietly, but the statistics say video assistant referee decisions have been pretty good in the Premier League so far this season.

The Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel, which looks at every contentious decision and votes whether it is right or wrong, reported just two VAR errors after eight rounds of matches.

Then came this weekend, during which almost every top-flight game had a controversial decision.

BBC Sport looks at most of these situations - there really were too many to do them all - and assesses the likelihood that the KMI Panel will add to the list of errors.

Man Utd grab a point in dramatic fashion late on against Aston Villa

Incident 1: Penalty awarded to Manchester United for a foul by Boubacar Kamara on Matheus Cunha in the 16th minute.

Source: BBC Sport

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