Man Utd 0-1 Man City: Jay Bothroyd Calls Out Howard Webb Over VAR

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Jay Bothroyd goes viral as he calls out Howard Webb & Dermot Gallagher over Man Utd VAR incident

British pundit and former player Jay Bothroyd has gone viral after calling out both Howard Webb and Dermot Gallagher amid the VAR controversy in the Manchester derby.

Manchester United were beaten 1-0 at home against rivals Manchester City , with Erling Haaland scoring the only goal of the game on the hour mark. There was controversy, however, as the goal should not have stood.

Man City – who were down to 10 men after Phil Foden's first-half red card – grabbed a winner when Haaland finished from close range. He was flagged as offside, but when VAR got involved to overturn the original call, they failed to note that Enzo Fernandez was offside as he impacted play.

Amid the fallout, Bothroyd has now demanded answers from officials within the game

Bothroyd regularly features on Sky Sports Ref Watch , covering recent incidents alongside former Premier League referee Gallagher. Their recent comments have caused a bit of a stir after they clashed live on air, with the clip going viral online.

Gallagher tried to partially defend the error, claiming that it was simply a 'loss of focus'. Bothroyd hit back, saying it's 'unacceptable'. The former referee then called his comments 'terrible'.

ProRef have since admitted the mistake , and VAR lead Matt Donohue and his assistant Blake Antrobus have now been stood down for upcoming games . Even so, Bothroyd claimed any apology just 'isn't good enough,' pointing out that Michael Carrick is now under pressure and mistakes like that could cost the manager his job.

In a remarkable outburst, Bothroyd then directly called out Chief Refereeing Officer Howard Webb, demanding that he come on the show and face up to media scrutiny. He said:

> "I need to say this, bring the camera on me. Howard Webb - come on this show when it's live and speak to us because you need to explain to me so I can put you in the spotlight and ask you questions.

> "There are laws there and they're not being followed. The understand, the interpretation... even on Sunday, they're saying sorry and trying to explain it and they're digging themselves a bigger hole. "I'll put my money on it now and say this was the easiest decision I'll see all year and it's four games in."

On the same show, he also went into more detail about why he wasn't happy with Dermot's comments, as the former Premier League effort justlfied the mistakes. "In Dermot's day, they didn't have the privilege of having VAR so sometimes the referees could hold their hands up and say 'we got it wrong, it was human error' and we move forward. Everyone understands that," he said.

> "But now, we have technology and that's the difference. They were able to use this technology and it's their understanding of what those rules say and that's the reason why they've made this bad decision. They clearly don't have the right understanding of what interference means."

> "I don't like saying these things, but I will. Players make mistakes and they get reprimanded. "Officials need to do the same thing. There needs to be some kind of punishment because saying 'I'm sorry' isn't good enough and especially if they're not saying sorry on camera. It's just a statement and it's poor."

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