Ian Maxwell insists VAR is doing its job in the Premiership as the Scottish FA chief executive believes its introduction has been a success.

The technology was implemented mid-season in Scotland's top flight, with five rounds of games now having it in play.

There have been several controversial talking points raised since the technology was introduced in Scotland on October 21.

The main gripe fans, managers and pundits have had to date is not necessarily with the technology itself, but with the way it's been operated by Scotland's officials. 

However, Maxwell is adamant that VAR is proving to be successful so far. 

The SFA chief admits he's is looking forward to everyone reverting their focus back to the football action sooner rather than later.

He told Sky Sports: "It's done what it's supposed to do. 

"We had a call with all of the managers and chief execs from the Premiership yesterday to give them some feedback. 

"When you analyse the statistics, VAR across the world has taken the number of correct decisions from 92 per cent to 98 per cent. That's exactly where Scotland is. 

"In typical Scottish football fashion we are spending a lot of time analysing less results than we used to and there's been a huge focus on it because it's been newly implemented. 

"Hopefully everybody understands that it's working and we can all settle down and start talking about the football again.

"I'm sure it will develop now. Some of the challenges we've had in the first five rounds of fixtures we've has so far we're seeing in the World Cup. 

"It just shows that we're not doing anything different from anybody else. We're not making different decisions. 

"The handball rule is the one everybody's talking about at the moment. It's always going to be subjective. 

"There's been decisions made in Qatar that have been similar to the ones made here. That just highlights that it's a global issue, the interpreation of the rules rather than VAR, which is working as it should do.

"The handball rule is always the most subjective and is always the most difficult. 

"You could ask 100 people who don't like it but they couldn't tell you how to change it to make it better.

"It's not as factual as if there's a handball it's a penalty. There needs to be more nuance to it.

"IFAB will continually assess the situation. If we can make any changes that make the situation more straight-forward then then we'll absolutely do that."

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