Harry Maguire declares Arsenal penalty award shows why ‘we need’ VAR

“At the time when he gave it … my initial instinct was that it will be all right, VAR will turn it over and then I clicked on in my head that VAR could not intervene."

VAR FARCE: Tempers flare between Manchester United's Harry Maguire and Arsenal's Kai Havertz. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

Harry Maguire has suggested video assistant referees are essential to the modern game, pointing to the controversial penalty that Arsenal won against him and his Manchester United team on Sunday to drive the argument.

Maguire was stunned to be penalised by the referee, Andrew Madley, in the 69th minute of the FA Cup third-round tie with the score at 1-1 and United down to 10 men after Diogo Dalot’s red card.