While it's already done some stellar work in overturning injustice, it's also led to some bizarre decision making too, and there's clearly many issues that still need to be addressed before the system is considered to be a roaring success. The Times have worked out how this season's table would in the absence of VAR decisions, and here's how Brighton & Hove Albion would have fared so far...
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Hull's Peter Skipper (left) and David Rennie batlle it out in front of 13,551 at Elland Road.
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Action from the League Cup round two, second leg clash at Elland Road as Leeds tried to overcome a 2-3 first leg deficit.
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The Whites could not find a breakthrough.
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Ian Baird heads home against Pompey at Elland Road.