For me, this is a clear push that I would hope to catch when refereeing solo! It should have been caught live, was on the right side that the AR could have helped and I'm definitely surprised VAR didn't come in and bail them out.I think the threshold for VAR getting involved has gone much higher this season and they are enforcing a more true 'clear and obvious error'. I don't mind this even though it looks inconsistent with previous seasons VAR.
Was it a clear and obvious error? There were other incidents where VAR didn't get involved in match day one, the more notable one being Brentford's second goal vs Arsenal.
I'd expected this incident to look worse than this. As usual, the defender is paying zero attention to the ball, so it could be argued that he impeded or obstructed Tachovsky. Not the level of C&O that would satisfy my 'high bar'. The fewer VAR interventions, the better; because then we're steering away from re-refereeing. It's just a question of whether the PGMOL can remain reasonably consistent with this new approachI think the threshold for VAR getting involved has gone much higher this season and they are enforcing a more true 'clear and obvious error'. I don't mind this even though it looks inconsistent with previous seasons VAR.
Was it a clear and obvious error? There were other incidents where VAR didn't get involved in match day one, the more notable one being Brentford's second goal vs Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger proposed a rule change where all of the attackers body needed to be offside. IMO this screenshot from the German Super Cup says why this is a bad idea.For offsides, it looks like we're applying the old daylight rule that never was.
Not as much as attackers with very long legs.Defenders with short legs would become very much in demand