
Was Brentford's Christian Nørgaard lucky to escape a red card? Should Liverpool have been given a penalty for handball by James Ward-Prowse?

VAR Review: Nørgaard can consider himself fortunate, because there are obvious considerations for a red card. Challenge from behind, off the ground and through the player with littl...
Was Brentford's Christian Nørgaard lucky to escape a red card? Should Liverpool have been given a penalty for handball by James Ward-Prowse?
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2025-04-14 11:33:59+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] VAR Review: Nørgaard can consider himself fortunate, because there are obvious considerations for a red card. Challenge from behind, off the ground and through the player with little chance of being able to play the ball. If the referee had given red, it wouldn't have been overturned.
VAR Review: Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel will vote that Lewis-Skelly penalty should not have been awarded, yet also say it's not a "clear and obvious" error, so the VAR was corre...
Why the penalty that cost Arsenal a victory at Everton wasn't overturned, plus the early spot-kick claim for Fulham against Liverpool.
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2025-04-07 12:55:13+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] VAR Review: Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel will vote that Lewis-Skelly penalty should not have been awarded, yet also say it's not a "clear and obvious" error, so the VAR was correct not to intervene.
VAR Review: Tarkowksi challenge will go down as the 10th missed intervention of the PL season. Everton boss David Moyes wasn't happy after the game, but the Díaz (offside) incident ...
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2025-04-03 12:43:10+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] VAR Review: Tarkowksi challenge will go down as the 10th missed intervention of the PL season. Everton boss David Moyes wasn't happy after the game, but the Díaz (offside) incident will be logged as a correct decision.
VAR Review: Jota should have been booked for simulation as he tried to deceive the referee and was already going down when he initiated the contact. But in almost six years of VAR o...
Why Liverpool's first penalty vs. Wolves stood and the second was canceled. Was Mohamed Salah offside when he was sent through on goal?
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2025-02-17 13:14:13+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] VAR Review: Jota should have been booked for simulation as he tried to deceive the referee and was already going down when he initiated the contact. But in almost six years of VAR only one player has ever been booked for simulation.
VAR Review: For all PGMOL would like to back Oliver and the VAR's decision on Lewis-Skelly red, a yellow card is far more in keeping with how the game is refereed in the Premier League
Was Arsenal midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly's red card at Wolves as controversial as has been made out? We unpack all the big VAR decisions across the Premier League weekend.
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2025-01-27 12:34:17+00:00.
VAR Review: Why Brighton's penalty stood, explaining De Ligt's handball
Should Brighton & Hove Albion's penalty have stood against Arsenal? And why did Matthijs de Ligt concede a penalty at Liverpool?
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2025-01-06 14:14:05+00:00.
VAR Review: Should Bailey have been sent off by David Coote for foul on Salah; Wolves get lucky
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2024-11-11 14:57:50+00:00.
VAR Review: De Ligt penalty doesn't reach the clear and obvious threshold to send the referee to the monitor. Van de Ven fortunate not to be sent off, saved by the fact the play was...
Were Manchester United hard done by with the penalty that resulted in their defeat at West Ham United? That, and all the other big VAR decisions.
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2024-10-28 12:53:30+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] VAR Review: De Ligt penalty doesn't reach the clear and obvious threshold to send the referee to the monitor. Van de Ven fortunate not to be sent off, saved by the fact the play was running diagonally towards the corner flag.
VAR Review: The differences between William Saliba's challenge that resulted in a DOGSO red card and Tosin Adarabioyo's challenge that resulted in a yellow card.
Was William Saliba's red card for Arsenal the correct decision? And why was Manchester City's winning goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers deemed to be onside?
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2024-10-21 12:18:20+00:00.
To clear up some confusion from the TV coverage. John Stones' goal was disallowed for offside on the field. The VAR review was to overturn that and allow the goal. The referee h...
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/Tim-Sanchez on 2024-10-20 15:04:50+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] To clear up some confusion from the TV coverage. John Stones' goal was disallowed for offside on the field. The VAR review was to overturn that and allow the goal. The referee has to make this decision at the monitor as it's a subjective call.
VAR Review: Bruno Fernandes red card should have been reviewed and given a yellow. Fernandes did not lead with, or make any contact with his studs, and there was low force. It was a...
Should Bruno Fernandes' red card against Tottenham Hotspur have been rescinded? And why didn't the VAR get involved?
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2024-09-30 12:38:55+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] VAR Review: Bruno Fernandes red card should have been reviewed and given a yellow. Fernandes did not lead with, or make any contact with his studs, and there was low force. It was a glancing blow with the outside of his boot.
VAR Review: Lisandro Martinez should have seen red for horror tackle at Palace
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2024-09-23 13:10:02+00:00.
Kicking the ball away in itself isn't an automatic caution, it's the impact - delaying the taking of a restart. Rice was guilty of "kicking or carrying the ball away, or provoking a...
What happened with Declan Rice's red card against Brighton? Should Matthijs de Ligt have been sent off? And what has happened to handball penalties?
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2024-09-02 11:18:46+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] Kicking the ball away in itself isn't an automatic caution, it's the impact - delaying the taking of a restart. Rice was guilty of "kicking or carrying the ball away, or provoking a confrontation by deliberately touching the ball after the referee has stopped play."
VAR Review: Bournemouth disallowed winner - There wasn't the definitive proof to say the ball hit Ouattara's arm where it's a handball offence. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't, but wi...
Was it correct to rule out AFC Bournemouth's late winner against Newcastle United? And should Joelinton have seen red?
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/TherewiIlbegoals on 2024-08-26 14:58:09+00:00.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] VAR Review: Bournemouth disallowed winner - There wasn't the definitive proof to say the ball hit Ouattara's arm where it's a handball offence. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't, but without conclusive evidence, the VAR shouldn't be disallowing the goal.
UEFA's pre-tournament briefing on handballs gave a specific example just like Marc Cucurella, saying it should NOT be a handball penalty.
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/BusShelter on 2024-07-05 18:39:22+00:00.
JUST IN Howard Webb says Premier League referees are set to announce to stadium crowds why they have changed their decisions after a VAR intervention, from next season. The IFAB rem...
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/efbo on 2024-04-30 21:21:32.
Original Title: [Dale Johnson] JUST IN Howard Webb says Premier League referees are set to announce to stadium crowds why they have changed their decisions after a VAR intervention, from next season. The IFAB remains steadfastly opposed to broadcasting the real-time conversations.
Panel says Newcastle goal vs. Arsenal correct
The Premier League's Independent Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled the referee and the VAR were correct to award Newcastle United's winning goal against Arsenal.
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/SamuraiiChampluu on 2023-11-09 14:33:02.
Panel says Newcastle goal vs. Arsenal correct
The Premier League's Independent Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled the referee and the VAR were correct to award Newcastle United's winning goal against Arsenal.
The VAR Review: Should Kovacic and Groß have seen red? Another big blunder is avoided ... just
Should Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic have been sent off at Arsenal? And how another huge VAR error almost happened on a Chelsea goal.
The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/SamuraiiChampluu on 2023-10-10 13:44:11.