In my opinion Keith Hackett is beginning to overstep to point of just spouting rubbish. Here's something he tweeted today where he makes out that a decision from Anthony Taylor effectively decided the tile race:
"The turning point in the Premier League title was decided in the Man City v Liverpool game. 31st minute when Kompany went in from distance with two feet off the ground on Mo Salah. Anthony Taylor failed to red card the offence! City won 2-1"
Isn't it deeply irresponsible to write something like this?
Interestingly, I was reading over the weekend that that game was part of the offline VAR trials this season and apparently the VAR in question on the day felt that, whilst there was a strong cae for a red card, it was not a clear and obvious yellow to decide that it was only a yellow so they would not have intervened - of course, another VAR might have had a different opinion!
Given Mr Hackett in his prime arguably ruined an FA Cup semi-final with a harsh sending-off, would expect he more than most would empathise with Mr Taylor erring on the side of caution and showing a YC to Kompany. As I said at the time,it could easily have been red, but don't accept that decision alone decided the title, though it did come at a pivotal time.
It would be interesting to see a full list of the decisions which the offline VAR trials felt should have attracted intervention.
Back on topic, the red card for Watford's Holebas, shown by Mr Kavanagh seemingly prompted by the Ar has been overturned.