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."

So…. Is it your contention that it wasn’t given as a penalty because of the incompetence of a referee and the professional(s) running VAR, and that a bunch of armchair fans would unanimously awarded a penalty with the same evidence?