It was a penalty for me, but not a C&O error. Again, PGMOL showing a commitment to not using the pitch side monitor and only intervening for calamitous refereeing errors, rather than re-refereeing the game. I like itThoughts on the pen shout, Lascelles on Kane? Penalty for me. Can't believe a VAR check has let that one go...
Like I say, I thought it was a pen even through black & white glasses, but it wasn't C&O, they don't want the pantomime of the pitch side nonsense, so I think it was the right outcome. The PGMOL were transparent about setting a high bar and they are doing so with admirable consistencyI think if they had asked Mike Dean to look at it again he would have given the penalty.
Thought Dean had a really good game actually.
It matters not one jot, what Kane is like, if he was fouled then he was fouled. Having said that, while I think that on balance, that probably was a foul, I'm not convinced there was quite enough there for it to be subject to reversal. Remember, the question being asked is not (as I've heard pundits say several times now) "was that a clear and obvious foul?" but "was it a clear and obvious error not to award the foul?"The referees know what Kane is like
I have yet to hear one person say it shouldn't have been a pen..."Was the referee clearly wrong?"?
I haven't seen it. Only saying that is the question to ask. It sounds like PL have gone the opposite of what others have done by under using VAR while others have overused it.I have yet to hear one person say it shouldn't have been a pen...
I suppose you have to know what Dean says he saw because surely that has to influence the VAR intervention.
I haven't seen it. Only saying that is the question to ask. It sounds like PL have gone the opposite of what others have done by under using VAR while others have overused it.
I have yet to hear one person say it shouldn't have been a pen...
I suppose you have to know what Dean says he saw because surely that has to influence the VAR intervention.
Point being, there was doubt; and for the first time I can ever recall, MD did the mags a favour (with AT giving the green light for 3 points from his shipping container)I’ll say it.
Lascelles hits the deck near Kane - no immediate movement of body or hand towards him which is expect for a tactical foul in this situation.
As a striker, Kane now has his marker pancaked on the floor with room to touch the ball on and shoot.
Instead of exploiting the space he moves a leg toward the defender to try and win a penalty. Like Tottenhams overall performance, lazy and lacking effort and application.
It was a penalty for me, but not a C&O error. Again, PGMOL showing a commitment to not using the pitch side monitor and only intervening for calamitous refereeing errors, rather than re-refereeing the game. I like it
And not one of us (over 100 referees) offered any objection to this or the 'high bar'Agree Big Cat - perhaps people will now accept that the PL refs are NOT going to use the pitchside monitor - as Anthony Taylor told us many months ago!