‘Absolutely useless’ – VAR slammed as Stefan Savic’s blatant headbutt on Raheem Sterling goes unpunished

Football fans slammed VAR after Stefan Savic got away with a clear headbutt on Raheem Sterling during the Champions League tie between Atletico Madrid and Manchester City.

Chaos erupted at the end of the tie at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday evening as City were leading 1-0 late in the game.

Atletico were starting to lose their heads and Felipe floored Phil Foden with a heavy challenge, which left the Englishman writing around on the floor in agony.

City’s players, including Raheem Sterling, came to Foden’s aid and confronted Savic. Savic responded by ‘headbutting’ the English winger in footage you can view below.

How did Savic not a get a red card for this headbutt? pic.twitter.com/402RFjaIos

— Blue Moon🌐 (@blue_moon_army) April 13, 2022

Despite the clear and obvious nature of the headbutt, VAR failed to pick up on the incident, and Savic got away with only a yellow card for the headbutt and his role in inciting the entire fracas.

Needless to say, Many Manchester City fans were furious – here are some of their responses.

“Where was VAR after Savic’s headbutt on Sterling?.”
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“VAR only picks and chooses what it wants to see.”
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“What’s the point in VAR if Savic can headbutt Sterling and still only get a yellow?
Absolutely useless.”
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“Did Savic get a raw deal at City? He played like an absolute thug for the 180 minutes. Pulling hair, potential headbutt – wtf”
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“Savic should be gone too after steaming over like that, a headbutt and pulling grealish’s hair….”
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“That Savic headbutt Stevie Wonder on VAR.”
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