Palace v Man City FAC

[ladbroke8745]

Im shocked here.

I know they can't use VAR for free kicks but once used, everything is "in play" for sanctions etc.

Keeper literally handles it outside the area and, i agree no red due to direction and cover, but surely a free kick can still be given and a yellow?

Instead, city have a throw in up the other end.

 

[David F]

I know direction of attack and covering defenders are OGSO considerations, but is it not still an OGSO anyway if he’s going past the keeper? Do we think Haaland is unlikely to score if the GK is out of the picture?

 

[deusex]

That's being given as a red 99/100.
I'm amazed at that decision.

 

[cwyeary]

It's such a nailed on DOGSO. They didn't want to "ruin" the final IMO.

 

[deusex]

As hilarious as it is that's in the top 5 VAR gaffes I've ever seen.
Every ref in the country was expecting a red.

 

[ladbroke8745]

What gets me is that it wasn't seen real time.
How has both ref and assistant missed it? What advantage does Haaland have with the ball swiped wide?

 

[Joshref]

Thoughts on the pen? Contact made but Bernardo going down beforehand

 

[Kent Ref]

Pen looked like a dive to me.

 

[Ryanj91]

Thoughts on the pen? Contact made but Bernardo going down beforehand

Textbook definition of a dive that.

 

[deusex]

And that's a complete dive.
The team have made a hash of this.

 

[JamesL]

Red for me. The general direction of play was towards the goal imo. If the keeper doesn't handle it and haaland gets control his general direction of play was towards goal.

Pen was a pen for me.

 

[JamesL]

What gets me is that it wasn't seen real time.
How has both ref and assistant missed it? What advantage does Haaland have with the ball swiped wide?

Sorry, you're expecting the ref to see that? Happens very quickly and is very close, no ref in the world is going to be bang in line to call it. AR could help out but only if it isn't a guess. Took a freeze frame to prove it.

 

[Therealcjhill]

No contact at all on that penalty. Silva collapses his legs before any contact. I hate penalties like that being given and VAR are completely useless. Ive tried to think that they’re the professionals but some of the decisions they make baffle me.
And how do they just wave off the handball. Have I missed something but how was it not even a FK.

 

[JamesL]

FYI have merged the two FA Cup final threads into this one.

 

[cwyeary]

Ball is going in the direction of the goal area. Such a clear DOGSO.

 

[Therealcjhill]

Absolutely not a penalty. Silva collapses his legs before any contact is made.

 

[deusex]

Two clear cautions ignored.
"Managing" thr event I guess

 

[Gabriel]

Definitely a red for me. My gut instinct was pen but I'm not convinced now.

 

[RustyRef]

It was a nailed on red card, no idea what VAR are doing there, the ball was only going wide because Henderson palmed it there. Glad it wasn't for the sake of keeping the game a contest, but Man City have every right to be aggrieved.

What I don't understand on the penalty is VAR said that Mitchell definitely didn't play the ball. If that is their reason for not intervening it was patently wrong as he very clearly played the ball. Without them making that comment I don't think it was clearly and obviously enough wrong for VAR to intervene, but the comment, that the commentators hear, muddies the water.

 

[Pwizardo]

"I've never heard the word obvious used in Denying a Goal Scoring Opportunity before" - Gary Lineker

Regardless of if you think it's a red card or not how can that be allowed as a standard to criticise a decision?!