In its first season in use in the Premier League, Video Assistant Referees have earned plenty of headlines for a number of high-profile decisions.
Whether it was Gabriel Jesus's last-minute winner against Tottenham being chalked off for handball, to the anger of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, or Roberto Firmino's armpit being deemed to be offside in their thriller away to Aston Villa,VAR has made its presence known.
And so, if VAR was not available in the Premier League this season, just how would the current standings look? Research by ESPN, in conjunction with the London School of Economics found out.
The research group's methodology was to create an Anti-VAR index which would show a final standings without VAR intervention.
The algorithm takes into account goals that have been chalked off, or alternatively awarded, as well as the point in the game at which the incident occurred, the form of the sides, the squads' relative strength and they are all determining a new set of results to create the VAR-less table.
ESPN's findings show that Premier League fans would be treated to a far closer title race between Liverpool and Manchester City if VAR was not involved.
The gap between them would be just seven points, instead of the 14 points that currently separates the two teams.
Liverpool have been targeted on social media for benefiting from VAR decisions and the research has revisited their trip to Crystal Palace where they left with a narrow win. But the updated results without VAR would see that game finish in a 0-0 draw, removing James Tomkins' disallowed goal for Palace.
For Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, they have felt particularly aggrieved over the new technology and being five points worse off will only strengthen their beliefs.
That home match against Tottenham would be converted into a win and the Manchester derby, where they were surprisingly beaten by Manchester United, would reverse from a loss to a win with Marcus Rashford's penalty at 0-0 chalked off and form favouring the hosts.
The big loser in the race for the top four is actually Manchester United, who, without VAR, would find themselves down in ninth spot, two points worse off than they are right now.
Tottenham also suffer a similar fall away from the top four race as Jose Mourinho's side drop to eighth with their draw to Watford calculated as a match they should have lost, and their home loss to Newcastle boosted to a draw.
At the bottom end, Norwich City can feel particularly aggrieved as a VAR-less league would see them six points better off and crucially, off the foot of the table.
Daniel Farke's side would rise to 18th and would only find themselves inside the relegation zone, a far more palatable position than the one they are in now, seven adrift of safety.
Elsewhere, Wolves would be four points better off, and just two points adrift of the top four, while Sheffield United would also find themselves closer to the Champions League spots with Chris Wilder's side three points down in the current standings.
So far, VAR has overturned 63 on-field decisions and 17 of those have led to goals, with 34 leading to goals being disallowed.
Newcastle remain the only side yet to experience a VAR overturn in the Premier League this season.