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Would really like to hear the communication between the team for Doku kicking the ball away Vs Trossard. Back to my love for consistency. Yet again, zero consistency in the same game, by the same ref/team and that's when fans, players and managers are getting frustrated. This then leads to the...

So because the Palace player is lucky enough to move his ankle out of the way from being snapped, the LotG are null and void? Back to my consistency point. The ref on VAR had 'no choice' to follow the rules of the game to a point one week as a ref, but on VAR he didn't the next week...

I'm using the word consistency in the context of following the rules of the game to the letter of the law. This is what I would call an example of refereeing by outcome. The offence is a clear red. How you can justify leaping into the air and 2 foot someone as legal is baffling. The outcome...

It's a clear textbook red. Remember, the same ref had 'no choice' to send Rice off for kicking a rolling ball 10cm, but had a choice not to send off a leg breaking challenge that the palace player was just fortunate about. Looking forward to the VAR mic recordings for this one. And this is...

So it's ok for the referee to follow the rules for Rice to nudge the ball.... HOWEVER, the rules surrounding the position of the free kick and the moving ball, refs are ok to turn a blind eye to? I find this all very contradictory. It should follow the sequence of events and apply accordingly...

An official at their level should have been on top of this immediately after seeing the way the Brighton player got up the way he did and throw the ball towards Rice. Either to de escalate the Brighton player trying to cause an issue (which he ultimately did) Or to move the ball back 8 yards...

Wrong. He has walked a fair distance from the original foul. The ball is then kicked at him. How can he move away from the ball if it's been kicked at him? So 2 issues. 1) Restart is not from the place the foul occurred. 2) ball is clearly rolling because it was kicked at him

Exactly this. Rice hasn't delayed the restart of play because the Brighton player has kicked the ball at Rice and it's still moving.

Choke slam and strangulation on Havertz last week. Clotheslining keepers this week. Welcome to the Premier League version of WWE

I think if you look at the ref's body language he knew he was in a pickle as he was gesturing 'why?'. He then made it clear to the crowd by stopping the watch. You don't expect it, but two silly things Saka did and could have been cautioned. He went onto the pitch and the straight down to get...

Saka was on a yellow. Went flying down the hill. Physio did his magic and Saka could walk again. Saka entered the field of play and then went down for treatment. He should have received a second caution and have been sent off for entering the field of play without permission no? You could also...

Maybe just VAR for the semi-automated offsides?

I think today was a perfect example of VAR is useless because of the people in charge. Foul on Saka should have been a red. How that hasn't met the threshold, despite being just below the knee and a potential leg breaker is astonishing. The penalty is a dive. Havertz initiated contact. The...

If AT is playing advantage and there is no Advantage.... Then go back to the original foul? Yes it's messy, very messy, but it was a foul in AT's eyes?

Two hands in the back of Gabriel at Newcastle was worse than this. That goal stood. Inconsistency is the word. This is the single most annoying thing about the premier league.

Jackson was that Lucky, he escaped all punishment! Not entirely sure what VAR was doing today. I can only assume it was broken. A red missed and 3rd goal should have been ruled out. Swings and roundabouts

I agree. Gordon has simply put his foot there to initiate contact to try and win a penalty. Now, we will see a lot more of these aimless attempts to win the ball and with the aim to get kicked instead.

The officials are included as part of the pitch. So the lino touching the ball with his hands makes no difference if the player was trying to do a trick corner?

Yet he didn't give a caution for a clear dive?

I'm pretty certain that would have been upgraded on review. Shocked it wasn't given in real time. The ref seemed cautious to give a caution.