Tuesday 20 June 2017 17:17, UK
Arsene Wenger believes Video Assistant Referees could have helped Arsenal win the Champions League in 2006 and impacted last season's exit to Bayern Munich.
The Arsenal boss believes the introduction of the new technology at the Confederations Cup is positive for football, but too little too late for some controversial European decisions against his side.
Wenger's side were knocked out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage when they lost 10-2 to Bayern on aggregate, but a controversial red card for Laurent Koscielny in the second leg remains one of the key decisions the Arsenal manager still laments following the arrival of VAR.
"I would choose Barcelona's equaliser in the 2006 Champions League final because it was offside, and we were 1-0 up with 30 minutes to go," Wenger told Arsenal Player, when asked which refereeing decisions he would have liked VAR to change.
"That's the trophy I miss here, you know, so that is for me the most important one.
"The second one I would choose is the second yellow card for Robin van Persie at Barcelona in 2011, because this was the moment we were qualified against a very strong team, and it was a very difficult decision to accept - it basically killed our chances.
"After that maybe I go to a more recent decision - against Bayern Munich when Koscielny was sent off for a penalty when Lewandowski was offside. That just comes to my mind now but maybe I forget many, many, many, many more."