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Surprised no one has commented on Andersen throwing a punch at Lerma in the box, which broke his nose and looked premeditated to me.

VAR said it wasn’t a clear and obvious error, as there was no swinging arm.

It was strong enough to smash his nose in though.

Surprised no one has commented on Andersen throwing a punch at Lerma in the box, which broke his nose and looked premeditated to me.

VAR said it wasn’t a clear and obvious error, as there was no swinging arm.

It was strong enough to smash his nose in though.

Possibly because some of us are waiting for the fury to subside before we comment...

Surprised no one has commented on Andersen throwing a punch at Lerma in the box, which broke his nose and looked premeditated to me.

VAR said it wasn’t a clear and obvious error, as there was no swinging arm.

It was strong enough to smash his nose in though.

How is it known that's what VAR said, just out of curiosity?

Very surprised it wasn't went for a review, the evidence was there as it was a clenched first rather than an accidental swinging arm.  Suspect it might well get discussed when Webb is on MNF tomorrow.

A red card all day long.
We used to have inconsistencies in referees making decisions and the alleged rub of the green favouring certain teams. Since the advent of var we now have these questions raised about var, so now we are more inconsistent than ever apart from the factual decisions like offside.

Of course. It's the same people with the same inconsistencies. Let referees referee and get a decent team of VAR technicians.

With the Milan derby that's 2 clear cut punches which have gone unpunished in a week.

Woe betide you if you hold a player's shirt collar however.

Quote from: TheThingFromLewes on Sun 14 May 2023 12:08

Surprised no one has commented on Andersen throwing a punch at Lerma in the box, which broke his nose and looked premeditated to me.

VAR said it wasn’t a clear and obvious error, as there was no swinging arm.

It was strong enough to smash his nose in though.

How is it known that's what VAR said, just out of curiosity?

If VAR had thought it was a clear and obvious error they would have intervened and called for an OFR.  Shamefully they didn't. Must have mistakenly thought they were watching the Chris Billam fight being hosted at DC instead of the football...

Quote from: rustyref on Sun 14 May 2023 18:51

Very surprised it wasn't went for a review, the evidence was there as it was a clenched first rather than an accidental swinging arm.  Suspect it might well get discussed when Webb is on MNF tomorrow.

It was, Dermot tried hard to explain why the player was not sent off but I do not think his heart was really in it.  He was in a minority of one on the programme.

PS:  On the basis of his views today, Paul Robinson would have made for a very strict referee - lots of penalties and red cards in his games!

In fairness, I thought Dermot said that the player was 'so lucky' which I interpreted as DG saying it should have been a RC, even though he tried to explain what VAR may have been thinking.
Agree about Paul Robinson.  Would have liked more discussion about the disallowed West Ham goal for hand ball but not by the scorer.  It just emphasised the confusion surrounding the issue.

Both Sue Smith & Paul Robinson seemed to have less sympathy than Dermot for Pickford!

Plenty of questions for Howard Webb this evening if they get asked and if he chooses to answer them.