Joelinton has two stretched arms in the back of Gabriel, how is that not a freekick?! 👀
I mean they voted that Havertz tackle was a red 5-0 and that Bruno’s was a red 3-2… their findings are hard to deem credible.
This sounds pedantic but they weren’t voting on whether it was a red or not, they were voting on whether the VAR intervention was correct. And yes, for the record I think it makes very little difference here and I’m surprised it wasn’t unanimously agreed as wrong. But I can only assume they disagreed on the basis of whether its ‘clear and obvious red’ as opposed to red card at all.
Referee didn’t see it at all, meaning any potential red should refer the referee to thr screen so he can make a judgement, let alone such a blatant one.
But the thing is, football laws are subjective for the most part to the individual interpretation. That game was anomaly, not the norm. I will always be a firm believer that if you need to watch the play more than once to make a decision, whatever ref decided is the correct call.
If we keep playing and replaying these instances, and yet we have major divide on the correctness of the calls, then these arguments are invalid.
Arsenal was unfortunate because of the end result, but the whole disgrace to football is just bullshit to make their fans feel better about the loss.
I feel like this so called “PL Independent Key Match Incident” committee proceeded purely to discredit Arteta’s statement. Sky Sports & PGMOL are all both in cahoots to protect each other & prop each other’s interests. This is why they can suddenly conjure Howard Webb for a cheeky little guest appearances on MNF.
And to see they’re trying to dust their hands with the Havertz tackle, when if we look across 10 matches it was clear that the ref’s on field and VAR were systemically not interested in giving straight reds for harsh challenges that weekend.
Only one player got a straight red for an equivalent dangerous challenge and it was in the box and after he already should’ve gotten one for violent conduct.
R/soccers obsession with the Havertz one not being red is bonkers to me. It’s the definition of reckless.
Why are people so hung up on the voting results? Isn’t the outcome the same?
That picture of the Havertz tackle is also weird, given he only touched him with the left leg. Don’t know why that should be a clear red tbh, even if he had some speed
That’s always the case when they use single frames to discuss events of the game. Joelintons push looks a lot worse in the photos that everyone uses than it does in video form. That’s not me saying it isn’t a foul, more so that the photos make it look a lot worse.
If he had made contact though (and it was a matter of inches) there was every chance of a career-ending (or limiting) injury. That would have been a lot of force into a planted leg.
Red without any hesitation.
He absolutely did not only hit Longstaff with his left leg. His right leg catches Longstaff, it was pure luck it didn’t hit him hard enough to do serious damage.
Thats what I thought about the Havertz tackle too.
I mean it was a rough tackle no doubt. But he didnt try to ‘get him’ with his leading foot. He clipped him with the trailing foot and because of that I dont think it was reckless.
Also the screenshot provided for the havertz tackle is completely misrepresenting the point of contact. AFAIK the only foot that made contact was the trailing left foot that stayed on the ground. The right high foot completely missed.
Football is as subjective as boxing now,
Would love to know how “independent” these folks are. What’s the point of making their identities hidden? They could have side hustles in the middle-east for all we know…
These fucks are trying to make us root for Arsenal over Newcastle
They are dishonest to their federation.
If the Joelinton tackle isn’t a foul either then it’s going to be really easy to defend crosses if you can just push over the attackers.
I dunno, expecting 100% unanimous is not how things work though. That’s why you have multiple people on a panel. Came to the right decision at least now
I just don’t really get the consistency here.
I personally have no issue with VAR not being able to rule that the ball went out of play. I think Gabriel was fouled in the build-up and I still don’t see how they didn’t have the correct footage for the offside, but that’s another matter entirely.
My point is that if there wasn’t enough evidence to rule out whether or not Willock had run the ball out for them to act, then why was Rashford keeping the ball in play against Brighton not given the same advantage? Surely, they had the same level of evidence for that, no?
They had a better angle on that one they judged to be sufficient evidence to rule that out.
They didn’t actually, there was a camera level with the line rather than at an off angle
They had a camera view level with the goal line for the rashford goal, which they didn’t for this one.
You just wake up this week mate? Old news with at least one post already.
??? why always the first image that is shown in havertz tackle? That leg doesn’t even catch anyone
Funny that. They decide that the match defining call was correct but happy to hold their hands up to the other two.
It was a foul for the goal. It’s fucking simple. Cowards.
seethe
I would love to see what evidence they had to disallow the goal that Rashford apparently let the ball go out of play for. Different rules for different clubs apparently.
Pure anti Manure propaganda and an agenda. Clear as day it is.
Players see a red , miss three matches, Few more yellows, miss a match, easy touch Wrong call? Ohh human error darling. Blunder? Apologies maybe? 😳👉🏻👈🏻
Still whining 🤣🤣🤣
I’m in awe people are still crying about this. The Liverpool decision last night was worse and the man United decision was about on par and everyone has moved on.
Arsenal have the most batshit conspiracy theory crazy fanbase on the internet, they are either 10yr olds or have the mental capacity of 10yr olds. it’s hilarious how triggered they got over a correct decision this week. They’ve become the new banter FC, been some incredible takes. Been fun to watch the state of some of it
Right?
Like this doesn’t even rate in the top 5 most atrocious games for reffing this season.
True, because other decisions were worse we should ignore all other injustices. We should also just move on and then complain about the same stuff next week when more bad decisions happen. Nothings going to change if people don’t keep talking about it.
It’s being reposted by a United fan, only difference is this is now in a neat little graphic instead of the full report.
Man I am crying about all of it. I don’t care if it was UEFA, the Rashford Red Card was fucking atrocious. I didn’t see the Liverpool call but I also cried about the abysmal communication that disallowed Liverpool’s goal against Tottenham too. And I will cry when any team is fucked over by the refs. Refs are making headlines more than players are, and that is a problem.
Arsenal fans are the softest fan base in all of football. I honestly don’t get how they watch the game and find enjoyment out of it.
I think it’s the fact that there are 3 controversial incidents in one game and within one of those incidents 3 controversial calls were made.
Add to that the aggrieved parties manager called out the refereeing organisation.
For me, I think it’s because people can’t even admit that Arsenal got fucked over that match. There are still people who think the goal was fair.
Then there’s stories of PGMOL making sure pundits cover the referees
If Harvetz is sent off like he should of been either for the tackle they reviewed or the other late tackle that should have been a second yellow, then the game is probably very different.
Its hard to take Arteta and Arsenal fans seriously when they wont admit Havertz was a red card.
Still won’t stop Arsenal supporters from moaning about it.
I’ve never felt closer to spurs supporters than in the last week
OP is a United fan and this is basically a repost
Reminds me of when police investigate their own department and say they found non wrongdoing.
Key word- unanimously.
They say it isn’t a foul, but I can see him pushing Gabriel with both hands into his back. Are the Premier League’s independent key match incidents panel blind or stupid?