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But the foul took place before the offside flag was raised. So surely it would have gone, penalty VAR check, then back to confirm if it was onside or not. If not, what is the point of VAR?

I don't understand how Wolves weren't given a penalty first half. VAR said it was onside (according to commentators) Saliba mistimed he tackle and wipes out wolves player. Referee says no foul. VAR didn't get involved in a very clear and obvious mistake? Which is really odd. Match resumed...

What was disappointing with this phase of play is the lino had a great view of it and didn't communicate the foul to the referee. The angle on the replay a few seconds later showed it was a foul and showed a very similar view of the lino as it was the touchline cam man angle. Ref's yellow for...

Felt the ref did a fairly good job today. Got to praise refs when they do it well! :) Klopp is the master at ignoring everything, squaring up to officials and even escapes bans! No chance Arteta will get told off for giving instructions to players.

I agree with the falling part, but he can't do much with his hand as that would be his natural position at that time. The player brushes the glove to make sure contact is made, which by pundit standards is 'clever'. But in reality, that doesn't make anyone fall over like he did. Player...

Are you talking about the same incident? There was the smallest tap on the ankle and KDB flew up in the air, did some remarkable twist and belly flopped to the floor. 10/10 for diving. Referee has had a shocker. Unfortunately as his foot brushed his ankle, VAR doesn't appear to have...

How is that handball? His arm is practically by his side. What else can he possibly do? Also it looks like it's on the sleeve?

The hand that got hit wasn't above his head though, that was the other one. I understand what you mean, but I'm not entirely sure what a defender can do if sliding in to block a shot will result in a penalty if it hits your arm. Defender will always be at a Disadvantage. OK, so why wasn't the...

This is the point... The rules are too open to interpretation. " A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. " How else do you run and...

Two incidents this weekend. 1) Newcastle player heads ball onto outstretched arm of Spurs player. Not a. Natural position and makes body bigger. Penalty Not given. 2) West Ham player crosses ball with defender sliding to close down ball. Motion is natural, but consequently makes body bigger...

I gave the 3 options because the VAR/Ref could see it as 2 separate holding incidents, rather than a continuous hold. One that was outside (may have continued inside, but can't be sure without side on view etc) Defender appears to let go for all of one second (I could be wrong with a...

Agree with what you say, but in the world of VAR, it's not always been the case. My point being there is the covering defender that does eventually come into play (only because of the holding/hugging) so some could say it wasn't DOGSO in the penalty area and then be downgraded. Depends which...

I'd have to disagree. Jesus was through on goal and was quite clearly stopped from both arms wrapped round him, slowing him down so other defenders could get involved. Holding, I assume, you are referring to would be in the box for a corner. If referees gave penalties for holding in the box...

Alternative view... Could also argue no penalty. Leeds player pulled Saliba slightly, so his hand wouldn't have been there otherwise/his hand is there to balance the pull. But yeah, penalty, no one is complaining about that. Good officiating overall, good job VAR was switched on in the end...

Talking about time wasting, lots of fouls by Liverpool players and they stood over the ball / stopped quick restarts multiple times. They all went unpunished. Are you sure Gomes was given the card and not Arteta? Looked like Arteta to me for being miles outside his area harassing Gomes...

Ederson didn't even bother as the whistle went a few seconds before. He would have saved that comfortably. Annoying, but play was going away from goal so you can understand why the assistant raised his flag.

I don't think it even hit his arm though. The angle from in front shows it clearly hits his head and bounces closely by his arm, but no clear evidence of it hitting his arm. That is why it took so long, the VAR was checking if it actually hit his arm. The picture above is misleading as it is...

The ball hits his head, was a fantastic decision and use of VAR (for once). It took ages to get to the decision, but at least it was correct

Has anyone actually heard the communication between VAR and ref like they promised for this season? I would love to here this conversation.

The fact that the ref didn't give it 'live' is very worrying too. It was right in front of him. Apparently we can hear the VAR conversation? That will be interesting. That's literally assault.