There was VAR confusion in the Premier League on Saturday after Sky Sports suggested the VAR monitor failed to work during the Burnley vs Brentford clash - only to then admit it was their mistake.
Referee Darren Bond was instructed to go over to look at his VAR monitor inside the opening 10 minutes at Turf Moor after Vitinho was brought down by Sergio Reguilon inside the area.
Reguilon, who joined Brentford on loan from Tottenham in January, appeared to shove Vitinho in the back as the Burnley full-back was through on goal. Bond initially waved away appeals but stopped the match as VAR official Paul Tierney told him to go and have a look at the incident again.
However, Sky Sports then claimed that there were no pictures of the footage and fans were forced to wait around FIVE minutes for the penalty - which was described as "stonewall" by former top-flight referee Mike Dean - to be given by Bond.
In the process, Reguilon was also shown a straight red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity. But after a long wait, Jacob Bruun Larsen stepped up from the spot and slotted the ball beyond Mark Flekken to give second-bottom Burnley, who were without a win in 10 fixtures, the lead.
It has now been confirmed that the delay was because VAR was checking if there was an offside in the build-up to the incident. The technology was working as expected, and it is understood that Sky Sports pundits got confused during their live coverage of Soccer Saturday.
During the confusion, former Crystal Palace and Republic of Ireland striker Clinton Morrison said: "They are going to stop the game and have a look at it. It's going to be a penalty.
"Reguilon has put his hands on his [Vitinho] back and he's in on goal."
Dean then explained: "Stonewall, he has kneed him in the back of the leg and there is a push as well. Paul Tierney is the VAR and he has sent Darren [Bond] over.
"It will be an interesting decision really because if the penalty stands, he [Reguilon] has made no attempt to play the ball so it could be a potential red card, too."
Dean, Morrison and Paul Merson then spotted that they could not see any footage on the pitch-side monitor. Dean, who had his head in his hands and looked baffled, added after a brief pause: "It's plugged in but there is no pictures at the moment.
"It's not the referees' fault and it's not the VAR's fault, it actually the operators that are working the system, so there was some technical fault somewhere."
Sky Sports have since clarified that the Premier League's VAR technology was working fine.
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