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Without wishing to appear a smartarse Tom seemed not to have the doubt referenced

Fair enough point

However,  as you can score with your head, that must be a consideration

Just to play devil's advocate for a minute

How can it have been CLEAR AND OBVIOUS when it took almost forensic levels of studying the replay(s) to confirm it one way or other

We are surely heading towards re refereeing games via VAR if we are following the path of doing this, nobody wants that and that's not what it's there for.

In literally hundreds of grounds without the benefit? of VAR, there wouldn't have been an eyebrow raised. Goal given,  get on with it

You should really watch some of the National League Referee performances over the past decade if you're looking for worst ever performances

The only non contentious element of this imo was the Offside
Both Haaland and Thiaw were behind the GK, in fact, nobody was closer to the Goal Line than the two of them.
Therefore the Offside was factually correct.
As has been said the interference element is subjective and the OFR could / should have been recommended much quicker without the need for all the farting about With lines etc.

Finally someone has cautioned Arteta for his expeditions outside his Technical Area

Was a bit of a catastrophe really

The game was declared on at two different points,  supporters were admitted, players warmed up.
At 2.45 the turnstiles were closed and at 2.52 by my watch, the postponement was announced.

I believe it was his first game at this level so the pressure must have been greater than usual so I have a degree of sympathy but, it wasn't really what anyone would have wanted.

Clearly I don't know definitively what happened but I'd have thought / hoped that he may have received guidance from his ARs or other people with him which appears not to be the case