The video rule technique made four mistakes in the Premier League

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LONDON (Reuters) - Video assistants have not been prevented from making four wrong decisions in English Premier League games this season, Mike Riley, president of the Association of Professional Referees, has said.

Riley, who heads the association that oversees the application of video judgment in England, told Sky Sports television that the technology had added value to the sport but there were facts in which the referee should have reversed his decision.

"If you look at the matches of the four rounds, 227 incidents have been examined. Of these, six decisions have been changed," Riley said. "We think 10 decisions should have been changed altogether."

This gives you a measure of where video assistants can help and add value to the game, but it also confirms that it is up to the referees to manage Premier League matches from the field at the end, Riley said.

The rules of the video adjudication rule state that the technique should only be used to change a decision if the meeting judgment makes a clear and obvious mistake.

The Premier League has joined the first division in Germany, Spain and Italy in assisting video refereeing since the start of the season and has played a crucial role in the first four rounds.