How the final Premier League table would look if every ‘VAR error’ was erased

A real re-shuffle of the Premier League order.

As well as occasionally doing its job properly, VAR has the potential to cause chaos, unrest and controversy.

Overall, some teams tend to think they see the worst of it, but supporters of the system often suggest that — over the course of a season— the negatives and positives always even out.

Regardless of whether you think the technology is beneficial or detrimental to the game, there can't be a single supporter in the country who isn't curious to see what life would like without it.

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According to the PGMOL Key Match Incidents Panel, there were around 20 calls that VAR got wrong over the course of the season, although perhaps countless refereeing mistakes that they correctly managed to rectify.

It can be argued that the final stage of this season's title race, between Man City and Arsenal, was ultimately decided by a VAR call.

A fortnight ago, Mikel Arteta's side a secured a vital 1-0 victory away against West Ham United that saw them go five points clear at the top, a lead that would become unassailable.

On another day — a day without VAR technology —, that crucial match could have ended as a 1-1 draw.

Deep in added time, Irons' attacker Callum Wilson appeared to have brought his side level.

Wilson's 95th minute strike was overturned after a lengthy VAR review, in which it was decided that Hammers' defender Pablo had fouled David Raya in the build-up.

That contentious moment is simply one amongst hundreds across the course of the season that has divided the opinions of fans across the country.

How then, would this season's Premier League campaign have played out, had each time VAR made what fans considered to be a mistake, the impact of the resulting goal or red card was eliminated?

Thanks to football stat experts Squawka, every "VAR error" has been tallied, so as to understand which Premier League teams have been worst affected by the technology.

Each week Squawka ask fans to vote on each gameweek’s most controversial VAR calls.

The results of those votes, over the full season, are displayed below:

To be clear, these errors haven't been classifed as such by the Premier League or the PGMOL, but are instead based on the opinions of football fans.

1- Arsenal - 83pts

2- Man City - 78pts

3- Man United - 69pts

4- Aston Villa - 65pts

5- Liverpool - 61pts

6- Sunderland - 56pts

7- Brighton - 55pts

8- Chelsea - 53pts

9- Bournemouth - 53pts

10 - Newcastle - 52pts

11- Fulham - 51pts

12- Brentford - 50pts

13- Everton - 50pts

14- Crystal Palace - 48pts

15- Leeds United - 46pts

16- Nottingham Forest - 45pts

17- Spurs - 43pts

18- West Ham - 39pts

19- Wolves - 22pts

20 - Burnley - 21pts

A disclaimer on the Squawka website reads: "Note: Our table has been compiled on the basis that penalties that should have been awarded would subsequently have been scored. Since 2016-17, 79.98% of Premier League penalties taken have been scored."

Although the title race itself would be unaffected, with Arsenal finishing on a slightly lesser 83 points, but still comfortably clear of Man City, real change does exist in the chase for European football.

Andoni Iralola's Bournemouth, who were just one result away from Champions League qualification, would have actually finished without any European football, in 9th place if every 'VAR error' was removed.

Incredibly, newly promoted Sunderland would usurp them up in 6th place, while Chelsea would return to European qualification spots, climbing up to 8th.

On the bottom of the table, Rob Edwards' Wolves would actually escape 20th place, climbing above Burnley by a single point.