There must have been a few times, during the intervening years, when Jamie Vardy has wondered if he made a mistake in turning down a move to Arsenal, as he did back in the summer of 2016. If there were, though, we can safely assume he does not consider it anymore, especially after he played a key role in Leicester's 2-0 win over the Gunners.

For the second time in four days, Arsenal manager Unai Emery stood by the side of a football pitch, soaking wet, and watched his team put in a dispiriting performance in driving rain. On Wednesday against Vitoria Guimaraes, there was the familiar concession of a lead that led to a disappointing draw. Three days later, they were simply being beaten by a superior team.

Because Leicester were not just better at the King Power Stadium; they were miles better. Almost embarrassingly better. Indeed, so much better were they in what amounted to an eighth win in 10 Premier League games, which means they spend Saturday night in second place, that you start to think about it ...

They couldn't do it again, could they?

The 2015-16 season still feels slightly unreal, so unlikely was Leicester's title win under Claudio Ranieri. That is mainly because it was not the result of careful planning and logical thinking, more an implausible confluence of events involving individual brilliance, traditional forces having off-seasons and no little luck, all of which resulted in a miracle.

This feels different. This feels like a manager with a broader vision, a longer-term plan, about which, of course, he will not be shy of telling you. But while it is always easy to mock Brendan Rodgers' sense of self-regard, that does not mean he is necessarily wrong, even if he is playing down the chances of a title challenge at this stage.

"We're not really thinking about that," Rodgers said, when asked if Leicester could be thought of as title challengers. "We're thinking about developing the team and making them better. That's been the focus since I first came in.

"Our job over the years I'm here is to hopefully be that [a top-four team] and if we can bring European football here that would be great. It's a huge credit to the players, because they've adapted to how I've asked them to work."

Objectively, Leicester are within a shout of challenging for the title. Liverpool or Manchester City -- or both -- will drop points when the sides meet at Anfield on Sunday, while Rodgers' men also have a friendly set of fixtures coming up.

After the international break, Leicester face Brighton, Everton, Watford, Aston Villa and Norwich. By the time they play City and Liverpool either side of Christmas, they could easily have another 15 points in the bank, which would put them in touch with the best teams in the country, going into the New Year.

"I suppose we've thrown a hand grenade right into the middle of them all [the established top-four teams]," Rodgers said. "Our job is to improve and be better, bring consistency to our game. It's 12 games in, we're working very well but we've just got to keep going until it's about 10 games to go and we can assess where we are then."

The transformation of a team, which was trudging toward irrelevance last season under Claude Puel, has been remarkable. Rodgers has basically the same set of players as when he took charge at the end of February; indeed, 10 of the 11 starters against Arsenal -- Ayoze Perez was the exception -- were in the squad for his first game in charge, against Watford.

Rodgers has improved every aspect of this Leicester team, tightening the defence despite losing £80 million worth of Harry Maguire in the summer, making the midfield more efficient with a sterling trio of Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans and James Maddison, and refocusing Vardy's game to help make him the league's top scorer, which is remarkable given the former England striker looked to be on the way out under Puel.

This team is full of players about whom you instinctively think, "Arsenal should probably have signed him": Beyond the near miss with Vardy, Tielemans, Maddison, Ricardo Pereira and Jonny Evans also fit the bill. Heck, maybe the manager himself falls into that category. Would they be as good at the Emirates, though?

While Arsenal are floundering for ideas, grasping to find something that works, Leicester have a consistent approach and are excelling with its implementation. On the most basic level, Rodgers has made sure his team is greater than the sum of their parts, while the opposite is true of Emery's outfit.

As if to emphasise the undeniable and obvious quality gap, Rodgers spoke about Arsenal after the game as if they were plucky upstarts that had no greater ambition than to nick a result, stopping just shot of calling them brave.

"I think the only other time they have played that system [five at the back with two defensive midfielders] is in the Europa League final," he said. "They're a big, big threat on counter-attacks, so we had to manage that today."

Rodgers' rhetoric is no false sense of superiority. Leicester are nine points clear of Arsenal and look every inch of being worth it. Ranieri's 2015-16 champions will always be the club's greatest and most glorious, but in objective terms this team might be better.

Does that mean they will also win the title? As implausible as it might seem, maybe. Just maybe.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Denzel Mims made a leaping 4-yard touchdown catch in the third overtime for Baylor, capping another comeback win for the No. 11 Bears and keeping them undefeated with a 29-23 win over TCU on Saturday.

Mims also made a lunging and reaching catch for a 20-yard touchdown on fourth down in the second overtime to extend the game. Charlie Brewer, who threw both TD throws, ran for a 3-yard score in the first overtime.

"I knew it was crunch time and it was time for like grown-man football," said Mims, whose three catches in overtime matched his three in regulation.

The Bears (9-0, 6-0 Big 12, No. 12 CFP) finally had the win on Grayland Arnold's game-ending interception of Max Duggan's fourth-down pass in the end zone. That came six plays, and a facemask penalty that put the ball at the 1, after Duggan's scramble and spinning move along the sideline on what was initially ruled a 20-yard touchdown before replay review showed he stepped out at the 3.

"There were a lot of times in that game where a lot of the world probably thought we were going to lose just from the situations we were in," Arnold said. "Once we got that second chance, we were like we've got another opportunity to play football."

Baylor forced overtime when John Mayers kicked a 51-yard field goal with 36 seconds left in regulation. The ball just cleared the crossbar to tie the game at 9-9.

"This is probably the most disappointed I've ever been, but I'm also real proud of our kids because it hurts more when you do something like we have a ballgame like this," TCU coach Gary Patterson said.

This is the seventh time in two seasons that Baylor has won after a fourth-quarter comeback. This was the fourth this season -- all in Big 12 games. They Bears have won 11 games in a row since losing to TCU last November.

All the scoring in regulation came on six field goals. The teams combined for five touchdowns in overtime.

"Winning is never ugly," Baylor coach Matt Rhule said. "I've lost a lot, and I'll take this any day of the week."

TCU (4-5, 2-4) led 9-0 after Jonathan Song had field goals at the end of the first half. He kicked a 37-yarder with 29 seconds in the first half left before TCU squib kicked and the ball bounced off Baylor freshman linebacker Trystan Slinker. Derius Davis recovered at the Baylor 24, setting up Song's 31-yard kick on the last play.

THE TAKEAWAY

Baylor: The offensive struggles continued for the Bears, the Big 12's last undefeated team. They managed only 294 total yards -- 90 of those coming in the in overtime only 10 days after winning a game with fewer than 20 points for the first time in 13 years.

TCU: Duggan played with tip of his injured middle finger on his throwing (right) hand heavily taped up for protection. He was 14 of 32 passing for 140 yards with two interceptions -- one of a floater and the other through the hands of a receiver. He also ran 14 times for 46 yards.

UP NEXT

Baylor is home next Saturday for a huge Big 12 game against No. 9 Oklahoma, the four-time defending conference champion.

TCU is back on the road to play Saturday at Texas Tech.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota's Jordan Howden picked off Sean Clifford in the end zone with 1:01 left, the third interception thrown by Penn State's quarterback, and the 17th-ranked Gophers held on for a 31-26 victory Saturday afternoon over the fourth-ranked Nittany Lions for their first win over a top-five team in 20 years.

Tanner Morgan passed for 339 yards and three touchdowns to direct a dismantling of Penn State's staunch defense, as Minnesota (9-0, 6-0, No. 13 AP) not only remained undefeated but also stayed on track for its first trip to the Big Ten Championship Game.

The first sellout crowd for the Gophers at home in four years swarmed the field after the clock ran out, reveling in the biggest step forward yet under coach P.J. Fleck in his third season. The Gophers scrambled the College Football Playoff picture too, after Penn State (8-1, 5-1, No. 5 AP) emerged with a top-four spot in the first edition of the rankings.

Rashod Bateman got the Gophers going with a 66-yard score on their first possession and finished with seven catches for 203 yards, the second-most in program history. Tyler Johnson had seven receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown too, as Minnesota made enough early gains to hold up during a late rally by Penn State.

Journey Brown's second rushing touchdown of the game with 3:49 to go cut the lead to five points, and the Gophers promptly went three-and-out. KJ Hamler muffed the punt when a teammate backed into him, and though the Nittany Lions recovered, they were pushed back to their 28-yard line.

Clifford, who went 23-for-43 for 340 yards and one score, connected with Jahan Dotson for 49 yards to get Penn State to the 11. Two plays later, however, came the drive killer for Penn State. Daniel George was called for offensive pass interference during an over-the-middle catch by Brown that reached the 2. Clifford, who was off target for most of the day, overthrew George on the next play before the game-sealing pick by Howden. Clifford, who came into the game leading the Big Ten in total offense, had only three interceptions over the first eight games.

Antoine Winfield Jr. had two picks in the first half, matching the FBS lead and setting the all-time Minnesota record with seven on the season. Both were inside the 10-yard line.

The Gophers had 321 yards and a 24-13 lead at halftime, already the most points allowed in a game by the Nittany Lions this season, but a fumble near midfield by Shannon Brooks at the end of a run on the first play after a punt sapped some momentum.

Penn State went the other way for a touchdown pass from Clifford to backup tight end Nick Bowers, but Bateman broke open again for a 36-yard gain on the next drive to set up a scoring plunge by Seth Green. The Gophers have touchdowns on all 19 of their goal-to-go possessions this season. Chris Williamson batted down Clifford's fourth-down throw into the end zone on the ensuing drive by Penn State, giving the Gophers another opportunity to drain the clock.

THE TAKEAWAY

Penn State: Seeking their first berth in the College Football Playoff, the Nittany Lions watched a defense that had allowed the second-fewest points in the FBS entering the game take a step back against a group of Gophers receivers that was the best they had faced all year.

Minnesota: Ending a 13-game losing streak to ranked opponents and beating a top-five team for the first time since a win at No. 2 Penn State in 1999, the Gophers produced a potentially program-changing victory that has been missing for so many decades. They have a two-game lead in the West Division with three to go.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Penn State could fall behind Minnesota, which will certainly climb into the top 10 when the next CFP rankings come out Tuesday. The loss will also hurt the Nittany Lions in the CFP pecking order, with the Gophers getting a boost but still with a long way to go to be in the mix.

UP NEXT

Penn State: Hosts Indiana next Saturday. The Nittany Lions have a 21-1 record against the Hoosiers, with the only loss on the road in 2013.

Minnesota: Plays at Iowa next Saturday. The Gophers have lost four straight games against the Hawkeyes.

After missing 10 games to start the season, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin plans to make his season debut against Minnesota on Monday, league sources tell ESPN.

Griffin, who's been rehabilitating a sore knee and hamstring since preseason, had been ramping up for a return in recent days. He had several pain-free practices that cleared the way for Griffin to return to the lineup.

Griffin, 30, had a left knee procedure after last season. He was a third-team All-NBA selection a season ago.

Markieff Morris has been starting in Griffin's place.

British long jumper claims a podium place at the World Para Athletics Championships

Britain’s Olivia Breen was among the medallists on the third evening of action at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai.

Leaping 4.93m (-2.2m/sec), the defending T38 long jump champion finished third behind Hungary’s Luca Ekler, who broke the championship record with 5.31m (-1.3), and Russia’s 2015 world champion Margarita Goncharova with 5.10m (-2.6).

“I’m really happy,” said Breen. “After such a long season, it was great to have such a good competition. I just gave it my all.

“The wind was very frustrating, but I did the best I could in those conditions.

“I came into this competition ranked third, so it means a lot to win the bronze medal. All the hard work has paid off.

“I now need to get ready for the 100m,” she added. “I’m so excited for that. I’m hoping for a medal but whatever happens, happens.”

.@BreenOlivia chats with @stuartweir after her 4.93m (-2.2) leap for world T38 long jump bronze in Dubai. @ParaAthletics @BritAthletics pic.twitter.com/XDYgpULrcB

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) November 9, 2019

There were a total of seven world records and 25 finals on the third day of action in Dubai.

Among the evening’s world record-breakers were Russia’s Andrey Vdovin in the men’s T37 400m (50.45), China’s Shi Yiting in the women’s T36 200m (28.21), Ukraine’s Ihor Tsvietov in the men’s T35 200m (23.04), Algeria’s Nassima Saifi in the women’s F57 discus (35.76m), Morocco’s Abdeslam Hili in the T12 400m (47.79) and Australia’s Corey Anderson in the F38 javelin, as he threw 56.28m despite breaking his ankle in the warm up.

A report on the third morning of action can be found here.

Recent New York City Marathon champion Daniel Romanchuk won the T54 800m title in a championship record of 1:32.81 ahead of multiple Paralympic and world champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland with 1:32.89.

.@MarcelEricHug talks with @stuartweir about his world @ParaAthletics T54 800m silver and juggling multiple track events with marathon racing #Dubai2019 pic.twitter.com/7PNdWfyTj7

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) November 9, 2019

GB’s Richard Chiassaro finished fifth in a time of 1:33.84.

“I’ve had an up and down year with health issues, so I’m really happy with fifth in the 800m,” said the Briton. “I lost a bit of speed around the final bend and I couldn’t recover from that unfortunately.

“I have two 1500ms on Monday and a 400m – the 400m is my strongest. I’m more than happy with that today and it has set me up well for my next two races.”

Walid Ktila of Tunisia claimed his 13th world title, winning the T34 400m in 50.54 as GB’s Isaac Towers and Ben Rowlings were seventh and eighth respectively.

After previous medals in the javelin and long jump, Dutch athlete Ronald Hertog stormed to take the T64 200m title in 22.20, finishing narrowly ahead of Michail Seitis of Greece with 22.23 and USA’s David Prince with 22.59.

.@USParalympics’ David Prince talks to @stuartweir about his T64 200m bronze medal-winning run at the World @ParaAthletics Championships and shares his views on classification #Dubai2019 @runwithhim pic.twitter.com/WvtkIDxzYw

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) November 9, 2019

Multiple Paralympic and world champion Omara Durand of Cuba claimed another global gold as the world record-holder won the T12 400m in 52.85.

Full results can be found here, while further Dubai 2019 news and coverage can be found here.

Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall says the club is not looking to let players go, despite being accused of breaching the Premiership's salary cap.

The club is appealing against a 35-point deduction and £5.36m fine after investments by owner Nigel Wray into firms co-owned by some players.

Saracens had nine players in England's World Cup squad and others with Wales, South Africa and Scotland.

"We're not thinking of breaking up the squad," McCall said.

With the summer arrivals of England players Jack Singleton and Elliot Daly, there have been questions as to whether the charges levelled at them, which cover the previous three seasons, could also apply this term.

"Were we to be relegated, I think we need to do some good thinking and proper planning," he continued after the win at Gloucester. "There's a Lions tour at the end of next season and we'll see.

"But our job at the moment, if the points deduction remains and the appeal is not successful, is to try and stay up."

McCall believes focusing on the club's Premiership survival will likely come at the cost of a challenge for a fourth European Champions Cup title in five years.

Against Gloucester, Saracens rested seven of their England players who featured at the World Cup, including captain Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje, Daly and brothers Mako and Billy Vunipola.

But their inexperienced replacements impressed in their side's 21-12 win at a hostile Kingsholm.

On the return of his England players, McCall said: "We would have had some big conversations anyway about how they were feeling because it's unrealistic to think that some can come back from five months away and play in a Champions Cup game two weeks after a World Cup final, so we were going to have those conversations, but those conversations are a bit different now.

"When we play like that in a game like today, all these players deserve to experience European rugby and that could be a big benefit to the club in the long term."

McCall's side were the subject of sustained boos at Kingsholm, having been accused of overspending on their squad, as fans waved fake £50 notes.

But he told BBC Sport that his side must continue to show a togetherness and not try and react to the negative coverage they have received this week.

"We understand very well that a siege mentality is not sustainable over six or seven or eight months," he added.

"Being fuelled by anger or resentment or frustration or sorrow is too negative.

"This is all fuelled by how together the group is, and how they want to support each other, and this is something we can really build on over the weeks ahead."

CONCORD, N.C. – Two points, two positions and two drivers are the variables in play going into the final night of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season on Saturday.

After 71 features, 10 months on the road and thousands of laps around dirt tracks across the country, either Brad Sweet or Donny Schatz will walk out of The Dirt Track at Charlotte with the series championship at the end of a scheduled 30-lap feature around the four-tenths-mile oval.

Sweet enters the final day of the Can-Am World Finals with a scant two-point margin over Schatz.

The Kasey Kahne Racing driver and Grass Valley, Calif., native is seeking his first World of Outlaws title and the honor of becoming the 10th different Outlaw champion since the series’ inception in 1978.

While he knows full well all the accolades that are at stake, Sweet is doing his part to not let the pressure of the moment get to him as he tries to beat the man who has won the last five Outlaw titles.

“Honestly, this weekend feels just like a big race to me, or a bigger race, like the Kings Royal and Knoxville Nationals,” Sweet told reporters after a fifth-place finish Friday night. “That intensity, you can feel it in the air and you know there’s just a little more on the line than the first place pay here.

“Donny’s going for his 11th (title). He’s been in these situations. He’s got a lot of experience. We’re new to this and obviously there’s a little bit of nerves, but at the end of the day when when I get in the race car, I feel settled and it was calm tonight,” he added. “I know I need to just do my job and honestly, I think we did a good job in the opener there. I thought we could have maybe ran third or fourth if the race would have played out a little different, but that was the best finish we were going to get with the cards we were dealt.

“Saturday’s a new deck and we’ll come back and play the best hand that we possibly can.”

The math is relatively simple, as far as the two title contenders is concerned. Either one will clinch the championship if they win the Saturday-night World Finals feature outright.

With only two points separating them and a four-point swing between first and second place on the race track, Saturday’s World Finals trophy has never been more important than it will be this season.

If neither Sweet nor Schatz wins the race, then Sweet must finish within one position of Schatz to prevent Schatz from overhauling him, as Sweet holds the tiebreaker with 16 wins to Schatz’s 11.

Schatz, on the other hand, must beat Sweet by two positions on the track if he’s not victorious in order to clinch the crown.

The Fargo, N.D., who is seeking his sixth title in a row and the 11th of his Outlaw career, isn’t worried about the math at all going into the season finale. He made it clear Friday night his sole focus is winning.

“Championships are won by winning races. If I win the race tomorrow, guess what? I’m probably going to be a champion. If I don’t win the race tomorrow night, it’s going come down to some mathematical equation that I have no control over,” Schatz explained. “I can tell you what we’re going to try to do tomorrow, and that’s win the race.

“These guys are capable of it. We had a car capable of it there. We just didn’t do it.”

While some may look at Saturday as an intense day for all involved, Schatz was as relaxed as ever in discussing his chances and what it will take him to bring home another title for car owner Tony Stewart.

“I’ve been in this position for damn near 15 years, racing for a championship,” Schatz noted. “It’s what we do. It’s what we’re expected to do. It’s what we’re comfortable doing. To say that I’m stressed out about it is not realistic at all. I live for being in the pressure-cooker positions. That’s where it’ll make you or break you you know?

“It’s made us a lot of times, so we’ll try it one more time tomorrow and see if it can make us again.”

On the other side of the ring, one pit over, Sweet was equally calm and steely as he geared up for the final battle and, potentially, a career-defining moment for himself and his NAPA Auto Parts team.

“I knew coming into this weekend that we were going to have to contend for a win one of the nights and probably be in the top three to five (in the other), just because he runs so well here,” Sweet said of Schatz. “You’re not going to run around mid-pack and be able to keep an eight-point lead.

“We know what we have to do. He knows what he has to do. I feel ready and we’ll go at it once more.”

AVONDALE, Ariz. – Twenty individuals, including six first-time nominees, have been nominated for induction into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020.

The organization’s ballot, from which the five inductees comprising the 17th class will be chosen, includes a pair of ARCA Menards Series West champions, a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Series champion, a pair of Indianapolis 500 winners and four competitors holding multiple titles at California weekly tracks.

The list spans historic (pre-1970) and modern eras of the sport.

First-time nominees are Ken Boyd, Tony Hunt, Craig Keough, Jerry Pitts, Nick Rescino and Linda Vaughn.

Nominated again after appearing on previous ballots are Mike Bliss, Dave Byrd, Ernie Cope, Mike David, Dave Fuge, Tom Gloy, Lance Hooper, Tommy Kendall, Rick Mears, Danny Ongais, Jim Pettit II, Greg Pickett, Tom Sneva and George Snider.

The organization also will induct its third Heritage class of five individuals, whose careers largely ended prior to 1970. The Heritage inductees will be named in spring 2020.

“The list of nominees is beyond impressive and, as in previous years, it becomes more and more difficult to choose the five inductees,” said West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame chairman CEO Ken Clapp. “In total, the nominees have won more 1,000 feature races over the past 50 years. All are deserving of induction.”

The West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame annually nominates for induction worthy individuals who competed in traditional stock car racing as well as other full-bodied racing vehicles primarily on road courses under international and national sanction by the FIA, International Motor Sports Ass’n, Grand-Am and the Sports Car Club of America.

The Board of Directors’ first round of balloting, from which 10 semi-finalists are to be chosen, begins later this month and ends Jan. 3, 2020.

Final voting begins Jan. 10, 2020 and ends Jan. 31, 2020, with the five inductees to be named during a NASCAR Cup Series weekend in March.

The Class of 2020 will be enshrined June 11 at the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif.

Presented by Gateway Motorsports Park, the event again accompanies the annual NASCAR Cup Series and ARCA Menards Series West weekend at nearby Sonoma Raceway.

MAVTV is expected to carry highlights of the gala in a delayed broadcast.

Rickie Fowler withdrew from the upcoming Mayakoba Classic because of an intestinal bacterial infection that he contracted while on his honeymoon.

"I am taking medicine prescribed by my physician,” Fowler said in a statement, according to ESPN.com. “But am not at full strength yet. As a result, I am ill-prepared to compete next week.''

Fowler has not played since the Tour Championship and was not selected to the U.S. Presidents Cup team by captain Tiger Woods.

According to Golfweek, Fowler said via text message that he contracted Campylobacter jejuni, leading to cramps, fever and pain, and only recently began to feel better. Fowler was married to Allison Stokke in October.

Though Fowler was not one of Woods’ four captain’s picks, he is considered a front-runner for a spot if Brooks Koepka, who has been battling knee pain, is unable to compete.

Such is the disquiet with VAR that Tottenham Hotspur fans gave their Sheffield United counterparts a round of applause when the visiting supporters loudly vented their frustration at the technology on Saturday.

The Video Assistant Referee system had helped preserve the lead Son Heung-Min gave Tottenham in the 58th minute. But few in the ground could understand why David McGoldrick's equaliser minutes later had been disallowed.

It seemed a clear-cut goal when Sheffield's McGoldrick tapped home Enda Stevens's cross, but when referee Graham Scott put his finger to his ear the visiting fans' celebrations were put on hold.

Nearly four minutes later the goal was ruled out, apparently because during the build-up John Lundstram's big toe had been offside by half the width of a shoelace, if that.

Had George Baldock's later equaliser, which also went to VAR, been ruled out too it would have been an injustice for Chris Wilder's side who were worth at least a 1-1 draw.

Sheffield United are riding high in the top six after a superb start to life back in the Premier League.

But rather than wax lyrical about the way his side outplayed Tottenham, especially in the first half, Wilder was left to offer his thoughts on the VAR system that is leaving fans, players and managers scratching their heads on a weekly basis.

"If it's offside then we have to deal with it," Wilder said.

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But even on video replay it was almost impossible to tell whether Lundstram had indeed been offside.

Wilder said that even if he had been, the question was at which point the referee had deemed it a new phase of play, as the apparent offence happened early in the move that eventually saw the ball end up in the Spurs net.

"It's just confusion from our point of view," Wilder said. "It's gone down the right, it's been crossed, it's come back out, and where does it get re-set to go again?

"The length of the stoppage doesn't do anybody any good. Managers, players and supporters. They told us it must be clear and obvious (to be offside). I'm just glad the second goal was given, because after the big delay for the first goal all kinds of things are going through my coconut on the second one.

"[VAR] is here to aid referees. It affects the game. The length of time it takes. We need to have a big look at it in the summer. It's here to stay, but there were always going to be these issues, but it's going to have to run its course."

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino was sympathetic, having seen Son have a legitimate-looking goal ruled out at Leicester City earlier this season.

"The referee can make a mistake, but with VAR it is difficult to accept this type of situation and I empathise with Chris when the decision and the line is so thin," he said.

"I told you my feelings when things were for us and against us. I am not going to talk in a different way. With the VAR it is difficult to understand for sure."