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    Manchester City v Chelsea

    I'm saying nothing.
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    Manchester City v Everton

    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.
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    West Ham v Manchester City

    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...
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    Bournemouth v Leeds

    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...
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    MCFC v Arsenal

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

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    SPA favours anti-football. Discuss

    "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."
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    5 a side in a boarded pitch

    Did a charity tournament last week. How do you stay out of the way? An "umpire's chair" would have been useful!
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    Nottingham Forest v Manchester City

    Haaland goes down when through on goal. Nothing given. From behind the goal it wasn't obvious what happened (or if it was in the PA). Guardiola got a YC for protesting. Interviewed for MotD he just said that wasn't why City didn't score more. MotD didn't do a replay or analysis of it, and I've...
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    Offside from off the pitch

    Classic illustration last night But I was checking the wording of the law on this. A defending player who leaves the field of play without the referee’s permission shall be considered to be on the goal line or touchline for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play or until the...
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    Leaving the field at nearest point

    Background to this is that a couple of Sevilla fans at the Etihad were accused of racial abuse. I'm assuming it happened when City's 17-year-old Lewis was subbed late on, and although injured was told by the referee to take the long way round (he was nearer half way across the pitch than the...
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    Man City v Newcastle

    I've not seen that before. YC for persistent offending at a corner before the ball was in play! Technically, I assume it goes down as unsporting behaviour.
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    Spurs v Leicester

    I'd not be happy about the tackle for the second goal. Looked reckless for me. (1.15) https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/12603615/harry-kane-and-heung-min-son-maintain-tottenhams-top-four-chase
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    22/23 changes

    Nothing of great importance - but I understand Ross's offer to order hard copies still stands. I am a bit confused by the Law 14 amendment: 1. Procedure Amended text (…) When the ball is kicked, the defending goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot touching, in line with, or behind...
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    Norwich City v Manchester City

    Not much controversy in this, but nearest Norwich got to a goal would have been ruled offside by VAR. Or would it? The AR, the normally reliable* Richard West, misses Pukki offside (possibly unsighted) and the play goes on and leads to a header that rebounds from the post, followed up by a...
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    Liverpool v Newcastle

    If he'd been in an offside position would Mike Dean have had to disallow this goal for blocking the GK's view? Seriously, we're used to referees acting as extra defenders, but not often as attacking decoys...
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    Arsenal v Watford

    Dodgy goal that. Looked a foul that left Watford player injured, but played on and Watford put ball out. Arsenal didn't give it back, then another definite foul in build-up to their goal. I don't know why referees just don't stop play for an injured player rather than rely on players doing the...
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    Chelsea v Manchester City

    A very decent performance by Mr Oliver, though Rudiger sails close to the wind with his studs first approach. But was this a rabbit punch, or just foreplay?
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    GK "blocked view" - Brighton v Leicester

    Getting silly with the interpretation of the GK being prevented from playing the ball. Very generous to GKs.
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    Advantage on blocked FK

    "If, when a free kick is taken, an opponent is closer to the ball than the required distance, the kick is retaken unless the advantage can be applied; but if a player takes a free kick quickly and an opponent who is less than 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball intercepts it, the referee allows play...
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