Another VAR decision that makes no sense. Clearly sticks arm out to control the ball. Clear penalty.Ermmmm, even as a city fan I thought that was handball.
Atwell in the middle and Kavanagh on VAR again...
How about a £40,000 retainer instead?Any referee that can watch that in slo-mo and not call it a stone wall penalty needs a month's unpaid holiday.
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The referees may have given it one way to but referees are still against City
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Football thread mate.Man City thread
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The referees may have given it one way to but referees are still against City
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Fair enough. Just trying to make a joke. I’ve put an edit in to make my post usefulIs this a useful post?
VAR response:VAR has decided (twice in as many weeks) that if any part of the ball touches the sleeve, they ain't gonna overturn it as HB
(Villa being the other one) (or was it West Ham?)
That effectively means VAR will only call HB for elbow to hand
The fundamental problem is, if you want VAR forensics, you need forensic rules. Until then, this nonsense will never go away
Common sense would say, 'if any part of the ball touches any part of the arm below the sleeve, then HB is a potential offence'
But, forensics can't rely upon common sense. Two books are needed. One which could be 500+ pages (golf is 1100 pages)
Since when was that a thing...