MANCHESTER Uniteds controversial Champions League penalty winner WAS rightly awarded, say Uefa.
Europes governing body drafted an explanatory guide to the series of big calls made by VAR officials and referees in this weeks ties.
And, perhaps unsurprisingly, Uefa have insisted the officials got EVERY big call right - including the spot-kick when PSG defender Presnel Kimpembe was adjudged to have handed Diogo Dolots speculative shot.
Uefa said: The VAR, after checking various different angles available to him, recommended to the referee an on-field review following the penalty area incident.
Given that the referee did not recognise the incident clearly during live play (referred to as serious missed incident in the VAR protocol) an on-field review was conducted.
Following the on-field review, the referee confirmed that the distance that the ball travelled was not short and the impact could therefore not be unexpected.
The defenders arm was not close to the body, which made the defenders body bigger thus resulting in the ball being stopped from travelling in the direction of the goal. The referee, therefore, awarded a penalty kick.
Uefa also backed the officials over Ajaxs third goal in the 4-1 upset at Real Madrid, when the home side complained the ball was out of play in the lead-up to Dusan Tadics strike.
Euro chiefs said: There was no conclusive evidence that the ball would have been entirely out of play from all video angles and images that were carefully analysed by the VAR.
"The assistant referee, who was perfectly positioned, had adjudged that the whole ball had not fully crossed the touchline.
"No on-field review was therefore required. Consequently, the referee was right not to intervene and to allow the goal."
The officials were also backed over the two critical late calls in Portos extra-time win over Roma.
Firstly for awarding the home side a spot-kick for short-pulling and then to deny Roma claims for a penalty of their own when substitute Patrick Schick tumbled in the box.
Uefa said: In the first incident, the VAR, after checking the offside line - which confirmed the attacker to be onside - asked the referee if he had seen the holding offence committed by the AS Roma defender.
The referee confirmed he was unaware of any holding during live play and he asked for the images to be prepared to allow him to conduct an on-field review (serious missed incident). The review convinced the referee that a penalty kick should be awarded for a holding offence.
When there was no intervention in the 121st minute, the referee was close to the action and had himself seen the potential incident in live play and judged that there was no foul.
The referee nevertheless decided to delay the restart of play, to give more time to the VAR to review the different camera angles available.
A VAR check was conducted, and the various images were studied carefully by the VAR, who did not find any clear evidence.
The referee was then informed by the VAR that following the check no clear and obvious error had occurred and that there was no ground for a VAR intervention and an on-field review.
All these decisions were made in full compliance with the VAR protocol.