Guidance from the Premier League at the start of the season said that it would only be used for “clear and obvious” errors by on-field referees.

But when Watford were awarded a penalty via VAR after Gerard Deulofeu was tripped by Jorginho, Lampard said he was “so, so surprised”.

“We’re not in a great place with it,” he said after Chelsea’s 2-1 win.

“Any [decision] that takes that long means they aren’t sure, so why aren’t we using screens on side of pitch?

“I know [using screens] is a bit contentious, I know it could mean every fan might call for it and there might pressure on the referees.

“But if we are saying they are grey areas and we are overturning decisions because one referee somewhere else thinks it was more of a penalty than the referee on the pitch, then I think we are in a really dangerous place.

“You’re going to be tossing a coin every week.”

Watford may feel they deserved a decision in their favour after being denied a penalty, which was reviewed by VAR, in a 1-1 draw with Tottenham last month.

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Leganes believe they wrongly conceded a first-half penalty for a foul by Dimitris Siovas on Roger Marti that appeared to occur outside the area.

However, referee Munuera Montero’s communication equipment appeared to fail, forcing the fourth official to pass on the VAR decision via phone.

Levante went on to win the match 2-1.

Leganes president Victoria Pavon said the club, who are bottom of La Liga, would request the match be replayed from the 44th minute, when the incident took place.

“Very serious things have happened in this match – like calling a penalty against us that was a foul outside the area,” said Pavon.

“It also happened in the match against Valencia a few weeks ago, but in addition to that the VAR system was not working correctly so we feel we have not been able to compete in equal conditions.”

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During those rounds there were 227 incidents involving goals, red card offences as well as potential and actual penalty decisions.

Of those incidents, six decisions were changed by VAR.

Referees’ chief Mike Riley told Premier League clubs on Thursday four more incidents should have been changed.

The four incidents in question are:

• Appeals for a penalty from Manchester City for a foul on midfielder David Silva in their 3-1 win at Bournemouth on 25 August should have been given.
• A foul on West Ham striker Sebastien Haller in their win against Norwich City on 31 August should have resulted in a penalty.
• Leicester City’s Youri Tielemans should have been sent off for his foul on Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson on the same day.
• Also on 31 August, a handball by Newcastle United’s Isaac Hayden was missed in the build-up to Fabian Schar’s equaliser against Watford

Both the Manchester City and West Ham incidents were immediately dismissed by the referee.

Overall, the Premier League is reasonably satisfied at how the new technology is being used and feels it has got six decisions right, when 12 months ago they would have been incorrect.

In addition, a meeting of all 20 clubs in London earlier had a discussion about the merits of moving the transfer window back towards the end of August, in line with most other European countries, but decided more talks were required at their next gathering in November.

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