The Premier League are set to take wasted time more seriously this season, by monitoring incidents like goal celebrations, penalties, and red cards.

The Guardian report that the exact time lost during incidents like goal celebrations, penalties, and red cards will be monitored and added back on this season, when the Premier League returns.

In the past, the policy was to add on a nominal amount of time for these incidents, as well as substitutions and injuries.

But new regulations from Ifab and the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) will take effect this season to keep the game flowing.

This will result in an added-time system more similar to the one we saw at the World Cup last winter.

In addition, players will receive treatment for injuries off the field whenever possible, and teammates who delay the restart for a player who declines medical assistance will be booked.

This is no surprise, as FIFA had previously confirmed they would force the Premier League to take up the new system.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino stated that leagues will be monitored next season to make sure they’re following the laws of the game with regards to adding on time for celebrations, injuries, time-wasting, and substitutes.

According to Infantino, the ball was in play for around 60 minutes per match at the World Cup, compared to 55 minutes in the Premier League this season.

Arsenal fans will likely be glad to hear that at least some kind of action is being taken to crack down on timewasting.

As is somewhat inevitable for one of the teams towards the top of the Premier League, Arsenal suffered with opposition teams wasting time, faking injuries, and employing protracted substitution breaks on a weekly basis last season.

At the very least, you hope to see consistency in the amount of time added on for those kinds of stoppages.