Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou bemoaned the time-consuming VAR process that saw Pape Sarr's goal chopped off in their 1-0 defeat at Chelsea on Thursday and said football was heading towards being refereed by artificial intelligence.
Referee Craig Pawson was advised by VAR to check Sarr's 69th-minute equaliser on the monitor and eventually chalked off the goal for a foul by the Spurs player in the build-up.
"It's going to be refereed by AI soon," Postecoglou told reporters after Thursday's Premier League match.
"We might as well dispense with the players when some genius comes up with a game with no participants at some point. As referees aren't refereeing.
"Whether I think its a foul or not, does not matter. VAR was called in for clear and obvious errors. How long did it take tonight? Six minutes. For a clear and obvious error.
"I don't see how it's benefiting our game. I don't think anyone would have complained tonight if we just went with referees' decisions."