By Frank McAvennie

19th Oct, 2023 | 7:03am

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VAR is taking the “magic” out of football after Man United star Scott McTominay had his wonder goal for Scotland disallowed.

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, former West Ham and Scotland striker Frank McAvennie insisted there is no way the Spanish goalkeeper would have been able to save McTominay’s shot even if he had been trying.

As shown on Viaplay Sports (13 October), the Man United man thought he had put his side 1-0 up against Spain with a stunning free kick before the shot was disallowed by VAR for a foul by Jack Hendry on Unai Simon, although Uefa later claimed it was for an offside.

Although Scotland went on to lose the game 2-0, they qualified for the Euro 2024 competition following Spain’s win over Norway.

McAvennie was gutted to see the midfielder’s goal chopped off.

“It was an incredible strike,” he told Football Insider.

“The keeper would not have got anywhere near that shot even if there was nobody in front of him. I am fed up talking about VAR.

“When was the last time we spoke about a great goal or a piece of magic from somebody, everything we talk about now is VAR.

“I am sure that is not what it was brought in to do, become the talking point. Surely at some point they have got to get it right.“

The 26-year-old has netted six goals in six games in Scotland’s European qualifiers this year but is still struggling to break into Erik ten Hag’s Man United side.

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