Why are we getting more, not less, VAR? Football will not kill its golden goose | Jonathan Liew

In generating a constant stream of outrage, debate and engagement, much-reviled tech has become its own spectacle “Just keep delaying,” Darren England tells the referee, Chris Kavanagh, at West Ham on Sunday afternoon. The title is on the line, possibly relegation too, and as replay after replay queues up on the tape machine, who could blame a humble video assistant for wanting to savour the moment? To survey it from all the relevant angles, consider all contingencies. To feel the sensation of a