Again this is where it takes far far too long. Now I actually agree with the penalty, he didn't touch the ball, it's a foul. The game should've been stopped and the check take place, as Liverpool could've easily have gone down the other end and scored and then it becomes an utter farce.
But it's the same passage of play that led to the penalty. If Hughes hadn't made that foul then the penalty would never have arisen, so it has to be counted by VAR. I think this penalty shows exactly how VAR should work and correctly. It just takes too long. Maddeley didn't need 20 watches of...
Pre VAR you'd have said no foul there, good decision to give the pen, but Hughes didn't touch the ball, so has to be a foul and no penalty.
Oh and taking far too long. Far, far too long.
Good man, my memory is shocking, barely remember what I did yesterday 😁 Just remember being gobsmacked the penalty was given and subsequently looked up the ruling.
We had a similar back in the Championship at Fulham, where the foul on Tomer Hemed started outside the area and carried on into it, so the Ref awarded a penalty.
Exactly. We're now seeing the benefits of the rotations, the youngsters getting 15-20 mins here and there. Ok, so we've had injuries and suspensions we wouldn't have wanted, but those coming in are slotting in nicely. You only have to see how shot Newcastle are in the last 20 mins to see what...
Crikey, window cleaners be rich in Sussex! Ours in West London has just gone up from £10 to £11 for a bay window, two upstairs windows and the front door.
Ta for starting this thread.
I'm doing pretty well for the most part. I don't really have any major gripes in life, everything has kinda gone to plan, but there is a constant niggle in my marriage where a lot of my husband's mood is dictated by his family. I've always been rather stoic about...
Sometimes you just have to win ugly. We've been there before, we're there today. It wasn't pretty, but it's a win and we're through to the next round. People wrongly made us easy favourites to go through a group with Ajax, Marseille and Athens in it. What an insanely hard group to qualify from...