FOOTBALL fans were left thoroughly impressed by the Champions League’s new-look VAR graphics after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was denied a goal on his Chelsea debut.
Thomas Tuchel‘s men were left stunned as Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb beat them 1-0 on Tuesday evening.
Aubameyang thought he had given Chelsea the lead
But the goal was ruled out by VAR as Aubameyang was offside
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Fans were loving the new-look video assistant referee
Aubameyang, who was wearing a face mask to protect the broken jaw he sustained in a robbery at his home, thought he had netted in his first goal for the Blues four minutes after half-time.
The strike would have drawn Chelsea level after Mislav Orsic’s early opener, but it was promptly ruled out for offside.
And the new-look VAR confirmed it – but it did not look like the technology used in the Premier League.
Instead of normal pictures of the game, the VAR displayed a computerised graphic which showed Aubameyang to be offside.
One astonished fan said: “Omg is this semi automated VAR in this Chelsea game?? That was amazing.”
Another added: “Wow that offside graphic shown from the VAR review is really cool.”
A third said: “The VAR graphics in this Chelsea game are next level & its 100 times better 
.”
While a fellow football supporter referred to Chelsea’s fortunate VAR decision against West Ham and added: “The English VAR can save Chelsea in the Premier League but not in the Champions League!”
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Tuchel’s men should have drawn 2-2 with West Ham on Sunday, but for a lucky VAR call.
Edouard Mendy was adjudged to have been fouled by Jarrod Bowen in the lead-up to Maxwel Cornet’s late equaliser – which led to the goal eventually being ruled out.
But Chelsea were not on the end of any good fortune in the Champions League as they succumbed to a defeat against Dinamo Zagreb.
Tuchel now faces the tough task of picking his players back up for the lunchtime kick-off on Saturday when they travel to Fulham.
