VAR annoys other Premiership gaffers, says Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell

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Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell says other Premiership managers have gripes about VAR decisions and he would like to see “humility” as officials admit they get decisions wrong.From his own perspective, Kettlewell is still baffled over two identical incidents where Dundee United striker Steven Fletcher went down under a challenge from goalkeeper Liam Kelly, with one resulting in a penalty and a yellow card for the keeper, and the other a booking for Fletcher and no penalty.

Kettlewell also said several weeks ago that he was told Rangers’ Fashion Sakala was onside for a goal in the 4-2 defeat because if VAR lines are touching, the attacker gets the benefit of the doubt – which went against Kevin van Veen in the 2-1 defeat to United on Saturday.

The Motherwell gaffer says he recalls a weekend where “six or seven” wrong decisions were made over the course of six fixtures, and wants consistency.He said: “I’ve seen both [penalty] incidents back.

I said after the game, and I stand by it, that I felt both incidents were almost a carbon copy.“I didn’t see any difference in them, but one results in a penalty and the other one results in a booking for the attacker.“I don’t want to use it as a stick to beat everyone over the head with, but I just want consistency.“Even if it was two penalties, I think that gives us all clarity, and if it’s two yellow cards, then that gives us clarity – but the fact that we had two completely different outcomes in that scenario I find it baffling, I really do.“I looked at the offside decision back again, I’ve seen pictures of Kevin van Veen’s goal that was chalked off for offside.“It looks very similar to the one that we had going against us with Fashion Sakala against Rangers a few weeks back,