Referees boss Howard Webb believes the video assistant referee was right not to intervene after Newcastle's Sven Botman was shown a yellow card for his tackle on Aston Villa's Nicolas Jackson at the weekend.
Jackson said after Villa's 1-0 win at St James' Park that Botman's challenge "nearly broke my leg" and Webb said referee Jarred Gillett's on-field decision would have stood whether it had been yellow or red.
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Botman went in over the top, but there was no contact with his studs as he caught Jackson with his trailing leg and VAR Stuart Atwell backed Gillett's initial call.
Webb told Sky Sports' Match Officials Mic'd Up: "We don't want the referee's decision to be re-refereed by the VAR. We want the referee to have ownership of the decision and the VAR to only step in when there's an element that's clearly wrong.
"So if the VAR had seen strong stud contact from Botman's extended leg into the ankle or shin of Jackson, or there had been a closing of the scissor, I think we'd have probably come out with a different outcome after the VAR had looked at it.
"But he doesn't see that. He realises it's subjective, and he allows it to stay on the field with the referee's call standing.
"Equally, if that had been a red card, for sure it would've been check complete by the VAR as well.
"So, it's a good example really of how the referee's call is working in the Premier League this season. A lighter-touch approach: let the referees referee the decision and the VAR step in when there's something clearly really wrong."
Webb also felt Gillett and Attwell got it right in Manchester United's 1-1 home draw against Tottenham earlier this month when Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off for headbutting Luke Shaw.
Attwell was match referee on this occasion and Gillett the VAR.
Shaw reacted to Bentancur's challenge by shoving him in the chest and the Spurs midfielder then pushed his forehead into the United defender's face, sparking a melee.
Webb said Gillett was correct to support Attwell's on-field decision to award Shaw a yellow card for the initial shove and Bentancur a red for violent conduct.
"You could argue the push by Luke Shaw is also forceful, but it's in the chest, and you don't often see players being sent off for pushes to the chest," Webb said.
"So a yellow card for Luke Shaw for what he does, but then I think it has to be a red card for Bentancur reacting in the way that he does with his head."