As an aside, doesn't this illustrate there is absolutely no point in the linesman putting his flag up when the ball ends up in the goal?
If the ball ends up in the back of the net, VAR automatically comes into play to check for offside, fouls and handballs etc. So why trigger an on-field...
On the Football Ramble podcast today, one of the panel suggested they follow the cricket and rugby union example and have full open communications to discuss these things and the reason he stated for that, and I'd not really considered it before, was that they sort of follow a set script to go...
That's the telling thing, isn't it?
As much as it's difficult to understand how the VAR chaps thought a goal had initially been awarded, it's impossible to understand how they didn't notice the lack of goal celebration and that the game re-started with a free-kick in the Spurs half. What were...