The device in the Video Assistant Referee’s hub had the Premier League Match Manager app open, not Fantasy Premier League, it has been confirmed.
A picture of the hub for Arsenal’s clash against Liverpool went viral on social media on Sunday night, with some fans thinking a screen showed an official playing FPL while at work.
But now, it’s been reported it was the Premier League Match Manager app is regularly used in the VAR hub, not FPL.
ESPN journalist Dale Johnson wrote on X: “This is the Premier League Match Manager app, not Fantasy Premier League.
“There are, of course, no personal devices in the VAR hub.”
The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) have been under the spotlight once again over the last couple of weeks.
In Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth earlier this month, the body insisted chief Howard Webb had nothing to do with William Saliba getting sent off after a VAR review.
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