Pochettino: VAR is meant to help, not cause more problems

Mauricio Pochettino has hit out at the implementation of VAR after his Tottenham side conceded a controversial penalty against Manchester City on Tuesday.

Early in the teams' Champions League quarter-final first leg, Danny Rose was called for a penalty after blocking Raheem Sterling's shot with his arm.

Bjorn Kuipers awarded the spot-kick following a lengthy review, with many disagreeing that Rose had done enough to warrant a foul being called.

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And the Tottenham boss was among that group, saying that the call showed that VAR causes more problems than it is solving.

"I think that today proves that VAR has a lot of work to do between us, between the referees, the fans and the…