CHAOS erupted after VAR bizarrely ordered referee Andy Madley to count the NUMBER of players on the pitch during Wolves v Aston Villa.
Wolves cruised to a shock 2-0 win against Villa at Molineux to move out of the relegation zone.
Andy Madley was asked to confirm the NUMBER of players on the pitch
Goncalo Guedes was already in the dugout but Wolves subs weren’t allowed on
Confusion broke out on the touchline
It took just under three minutes for Wolves to make two subs
The second half was littered with controversial moments as Villa saw a goal disallowed and Wolves were denied a penalty shout.
The encounter then saw embarrassing scenes which have been likened to a Sunday League mix up.
Wolves were 1-0 up -after Jean-Ricner Bellegarde‘s opener – when they tried to make a double substitution in the 71st minute.
The idea was for Goncalo Guedes and Rayan Ait-Nouri to make way for Rodrigo Gomes and Tommy Doyle.
However, what should’ve been a routine changeover after the Wolves par left the pitch was far from simple.
Madley blew to stop play and was asked to get his fingers out and count up the players on the turf.
Guedes was already sitting in the dugout, but Wolves weren’t allowed to bring their replacements on despite the fact that Tim Robinson was holding the fourth official board up.
One fan wrote: “What in the Sunday league is going on here at Wolves .”
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The commentator said: “VAR are asking the referee to confirm that nobody has left the field. It beggars belief. Extraordinary scenes.”
It took just under three minutes for Wolves to make those two substitutions.
It’s unclear who asked him but Matt Donohue and Wade Smith were on VAR duties.
Proceedings finally got back underway before Matheus Cunha wrapped up all three points in the seventh minute of injury time.
But to make matters worse, VAR was previously called into scrutiny just 20 minutes before the chaos after disallowing Villa’s equaliser.
New £21.5million signing Donyell Malen, who replaced Ollie Watkins at half-time, thought he’d scored his first Villa goal.
Malen was behind the ball when he converted a low cross from John McGinn, although the linesman immediately raised his flag.
But VAR found something else wrong and ruled that Morgan Rogers was offside when he obstructed Nelson Semedo in the build-up.
A statement from the Premier League’s Match Centre account on X read: “The referees call of no goal due to an offside offence is checked and confirmed by VAR – with Rogers in an offside position and deemed to be impacting the ability of Semedo to play or challenge for the ball.”
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