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5 minutes for VAR to be sure of whether the ball struck an arm... How can that possibly be C&O?

Never mind the close onside call for the Liverpool winner - was the thrown-in before it taken from where the ball went out of play?

While waiting for VAR ... (better without the music).

I was going to post this just for the laughs (Asencio had been barging and pushing Haaland for a few seconds before this): But then there was this.

I'd made a promise to myself not to start a thread about City games but - even after my wife said "The referee's decision is always right", which didn't help - this has to raise questions about the semi-automated offsides. Exhibit 1. From Futoffsides Exhibit 2. The cartoon drawn by SAOT...

I've lost track a bit of any guidance about handball based on body shape / position of arms when the ball deflects off a player's or opponent's body. Is there any official guidance beyond what's in law 12? (And when did it last change?)

Daft one really (and no actual video to watch) - but it seems for suddenly-again-fashionable long throws you can take them where you want and apparently take over 30 seconds - to get a towel to dry the ball, wait for your players to barge around in the penalty area before launching the ball and...

Penalty claim for an odd one - defender stops shot with hands behind his back - but was that an unnatural position when side-on to the shot? (Or even deliberate?) But someone on a City thread posted this from IFAB. Irrelevant to the incident but does anyone know what IFAB document it's from...

Another mess. Mr Gillett doesn't seem to disallow the goal immediately but apparently did. VAR starts checking. Conclusion is (I paraphrase): despite it looks like a defender or two may have committed a handball offence, it's decided that it didn’t conclusively not touch the scorer's arm so...

My impression was that VAR has had far fewer gaffes of late, but try this. Game already lost by City, but PSG's fourth goal disallowed for offside, then - after a very long wait - allowed as VAR judged it was deliberately played by a defender. So it was - but off the shoulder and head of an...

How is this not VC? https://www.skysports.com/football/video/30998/13243100/arsenal-vs-liverpool-virgil-van-dijk-clashes-with-kai-havertz-off-the-ball And presumably these days with no VAR intervention there's no post-match review.

This cropped up in a discussion about why statistics include what happens during extra time but not penalty shoot-outs. The laws of the game say the duration of a match is two equal halves of 45 minutes (law 7). You have to go to law 10 (determining the outcome of a match) for the following...

PL doing its own thing again?

I'm saying nothing.

This looked live like a genuine attempt to play the ball but on this angle I think VAR might have looked at SFP and then VC.

I can't say I've seen this before, but it looked like Mr Madley and his ARs were only allowing one attacker to be off the pitch for a corner, i.e. only the taker could be off the pitch for a run-up, the other had to be within the FoP. So the attacking team couldn't disguise who was taking the...

VAR reviewed a claim for a handling offence that the referee didn't give (Chris Cavanagh, caught a long way behind play) - and apparently agreed it was handball but outside the PA, and a DFK was awarded. If it wasn't a penalty, why did VAR get involved to award a free kick? 35 mins on MotD2...

I hesitate to start the thread but I can't believe no-one else has.

"Benefit of the doubt goes to teams who play defensive and play on the break. You don’t get booked if you have 2 banks of 4 as there isn’t space behind, 5/6 fouls go unpunished. Then a big hoof and player fouled it’s a booking due to the space behind."