Pep Guardiola believes the best way to avoid VAR controversies is to win convincingly. Guardiola feels his Manchester City side have been on the wrong end of contentious calls in the past and is still aggrieved by decisions in the FA Cup final defeats of 2024 and 2025. The matter is back in the spotlight after relegation-threatened West Ham were denied a stoppage-time equaliser against title-chasing Arsenal after a lengthy VAR delay, a decision with major ramifications at both ends of the Premier League table. Guardiola wants his players to take VAR out of the equation by playing well enough to remove doubt. The City manager said: “We lost the two finals of the FA Cup because the referees didn’t do their jobs they should do, even the VAR. “When this happens it is because we have to do better, not the referees or VAR. “I never trust anything since I arrived a long time ago.…