Sydney take the Glory in Grand Final

For the second consecutive A-League Grand Final, the post-match headlines were made by VAR, not the players.

Last year, malfunctioning equipment meant VAR was unable to rule out Kosta Barbarouses’ winner for Melbourne Victory against Newcastle Jets, even though James Donachie had been clearly offside when he provided the cutback for Barbarouses.

In 2019, the equipment worked perfectly, but even technology still needs human beings to interpret the pictures – and Kris Griffiths-Jones didn’t see a “clear and obvious” enough error to overrule the linesman’s