Only because Lineker is saying there isn't a player in the league who would do that deliberately.
So you’re expecting it and looking for it to justify your opinion.
And a majority say penalty.
Well the refs and VAR will be.
Perhaps the answer to VAR is have 1 bloke at Stockley Park whose only job is to run the VT on the pitch monitor if the referee decides he wants to see a piece of action again if he is unsure about something critical
I don't think it was nailed on. Another referee might have taken a different view and decided there was enough of a foul in the push. Having complimented the ref on his willingness to let strong challenges go, which I did in the first half, it would be wrong for me to argue that there was a foul on Joel. From my standpoint in the North the handball itself was deliberate and stonewall a penalty, once you don't give the push. Sadly for us it was good refereeing and use of VAR.
Spot on
This is true.
if it was a foul, then surely the penalty should not have been given as it occurred first? Im not saying it wasn't a handball, btw just that he was pushed over first, which in the ground, directly in line with it, it certainly looked that way
Completely nailed on? LOL
Bllx
This goes back to the point I made earlier. The ref's mistake was in giving the corner rather than the foul - VAR has no jurisdiction in this. If the foul had been given they wouldn't have gotten involved at all.
It seems clear that referees discuss players and have an idea about certain things they are looking out for.
I missed that punch during game but mate queried it. Anyone got a good clip as can't find in highlights
Danny Murphy definitely a pen, Gary Lineker "why would Veltnam deliberately handle the ball away?"
Is the correct answer! Lineker is clueless and just seems to proffer an opposite opinion to appear edgy. Might never have happened if Joel had concentrated on defending rather than trying to con the ref.