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If they're not going to check the footage for the Grimsby red card or the Man Utd penalty, I don't think they're ever going to check it. Its a fair point that they know the other refs so likely to trust them

OK, thanks. 80% were checked then, 0% were checked yesterday. Regardless, the idea that VAR is just a recommendation to the ref to review the footage, which is what I was originally answering to, was clearly not how it was working yesterday.

Well obviously, because it was obviously being used different to the world cup. Sorry I didn't think this was a debatable point? In the World Cup the on-field ref checked 100% of VAR calls. Yesterday the on-field ref checked 0% of VAR calls

In the World Cup, every single time the VAR ref suggested a decision should be changed, the referee went to the screen at the side of the pitch, reviewed the footage and made his own decision. Even when it was a three-yard offside or blatant handball. Yesterday, every single time the VAR ref...

That's how it worked in the World Cup, but its not how it worked today. It looks like today the ref got a call in his ear to tell him to change his decision. Have a look at Burnley's first penalty decision here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46706808. Same at United where the ref waited...