" The Premier League returns "

The Premier League returns tonight with Aston Villa v Sheffield United at 6pm and Manchester City v Arsenal at 8.15pm - with both matches to be shown live on Sky Sports.

In Saturday, the Championship gets back underway.

The League Two play-offs begin on Thursday.

Skys crowd effects are great obviously using villa crowd but even when get shot on target or go close you get hightened sound dont even know the stadium is empty ! Better than Bundesliga

VAR forgets to return. Or was it furloughed?

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has been talking about the return of Premier League football this evening.

He described it as an “important step forward” on the path to normality.

Premier League players are being tested for coronavirus twice a week and only those who have had a negative test in the past five days will be allowed onto the pitch or into the changing rooms.

They will have a clinical passport - a bar code either printed out or on their mobile phones - which they will have to show before they are allowed into the stadium.

Anyone testing positive will have to self-isolate for seven days and their households would have to isolate for 14 days.

The Premier League says that in line with advice from Public Health England, other players would only have to self-isolate if they have been in sustained contact with the infected person for more than 15 minutes.

The Premier League’s research found that during the course of a normal game, 98% of players are in close contact for less than five minutes.

To get into other parts of the stadium, such as the stands or interview areas, people have to complete a medical questionnaire and have their temperature taken on arrival.

VAR forgets to return. Or was it furloughed?

Strange decision that? Obviously goal line tech didn't work as clearly over line on replay but strangely didnt show the actual picture
normally associated with goaline tech.. but apparently var could and should have taken over but for some reason it didn't

FT - Aston Villa 0 : 0 Sheff Utd .

Wish it hadn't after watching that dirge.

VAR forgets to return. Or was it furloughed?

Strange decision that? Obviously goal line tech didn't work as clearly over line on replay but strangely didnt show the actual picture
normally associated with goaline tech.. but apparently var could and should have taken over but for some reason it didn't

Very. I seriously reckon that because they're more worried about sitting 2 seats apart and all that bollocks that they simply forgot to turn it on.

1-0 Man City .

VAR forgets to return. Or was it furloughed?

Strange decision that? Obviously goal line tech didn't work as clearly over line on replay but strangely didnt show the actual picture
normally associated with goaline tech.. but apparently var could and should have taken over but for some reason it didn't

Very. I seriously reckon that because they're more worried about sitting 2 seats apart and all that bollocks that they simply forgot to turn it on.

Official line from Hawkeye us that the 7 cameras used all were obscured by players fair enough was crowded.. BUT

The body responsible for Premier League referees - the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) - said that video assistant referee had not intervened due to the "unique" situation of the on-field match officials not receiving a signal. So var didn't intervene because ref indicated it didn't cross line according to his Mickey mouse watch...

FT - Man City 3 : 0 Arsenal .