Troy Deeney reveals he’d take advantage of former Chelsea and Arsenal star ‘dangling a leg’ to try win penalties

TROY DEENEY has revealed how he used to try to take advantage of David Luiz when he played against him.

While writing in his SunSport column, Deeney was giving his take on VAR.

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Deeney called getting contact off a defender ‘professionalism rather than cheating’Getty

He explained how Premier League referees have seen their job made much harder since the introduction of the technology.

The former Watford ace then explained how this would be detrimental to certain defenders and make them more likely to give away a foul, citing Luiz as an example.

Deeney said: “Let’s talk about the idea of ‘winning’ a penalty, of inviting contact and going down, which I’d describe as professionalism rather than cheating.

“VAR was supposed to make that far more difficult but I’d say it’s actually made it easier.

“There were certain opponents — and as an example I’d use David Luiz of Chelsea, Arsenal and Brazil —  who you knew you had a chance of winning a penalty against.

“Luiz was a brilliant footballer but he would also have a tendency to dive in to tackles or to dangle a leg if you were running past him, so you’d try to take advantage of that and invite referees to make a decision.

“With the super slo-mo they use in VAR decisions today, a defender’s challenge often looks worse than it actually is, so you are probably more likely to win a penalty.

“So many decisions are subjective, so you are never going to get perfection in decision-making.”

Deeney also aired his rage on VAR as a whole.

He believes the Premier League should SCRAP it and bring back the chaos that makes football so fun.