Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
This thread is comedy gold.

Of course it should have been a penalty. It was a blatant foul. In the penalty area. However, thankfully, the VAR on this particular occasion was as utterly useless as the VAR's are in most Premier League games.

"There was no intent...."

How often do players intentionally foul opponents in the penalty area?!?

Ref: "Did you mean to clatter into your opponent and bring him down in the penalty area?"

Player: "No ref, I was going for the ball, I didn't mean to foul him."

Ref: "No problem then, play on."

There's the risk of getting it wrong if you tackle a player in the penalty box, but generally, nearly always, the attacker is in the line of vision of the defender. Allen didn't dive in, didn't mis time, wasn't in an unnatural position and couldn't see the **** either. All of that was obviously taken into account, and rightly so.