URZZZZDirk GentlyFranchise FC Missed it
What happened ?
[edit] OK seen it now. Could’ve gone either way I think
Giving the foul is not inherently wrong
I'm quite happy with the decision. If Antonio hadn't put his hands out and pushed it might have been different, but IMHO he definitely could have avoided running into the defender and decided not to.
PS Remember the promises that VAR would always give the correct decisions and there'd be no arguments after games? That went well...
Yet if it was Haaland or Salah - there’s no way it’s being disallowed. It’s the same thing every time where the same teams benefit. Not 100% sure on this one but I thought a deliberate handball to stop a shot constituted a red card as well?
I’m sure Cooper must have something on refs, from the Swansea days where they got a soft penalty every week, to the playoff final last season, to today
Nope, it's a deliberate handball to prevent a goal that's a straight red. The keeper was directly behind him so no way can it be a definite goal being prevented as it would have hit the keeper. Also not sure it's deliberate - he just threw himself in the way, rather than deliberately played it with his arm.
The new interpretations of handball with VAR have completely twisted the old rulings of it's only handball if it's deliberate.