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Are you suggesting that you can't differentiate between the ball hitting Declan Rice's arm and Henry deliberately (irrespective of what he claims) stopping the ball going out of play? Do you think with VAR Henry's goal would have been disallowed?

That's what I'm saying, the inequality needs to be removed in both scenarios.

I think most people would be happy with that if same criteria applied to the defending team. The problem is the inequality of the rule.

Tend to agree but it is, as far as our league is concerned, in it's very infancy. We're about two years behind some of the other leagues in Europe and they have tweaked it to improve VAR. Big improvements would be to remove the technology for the lines for working out offsides, in other words...

I take it you didn't actually see the goal then!!

And the current rule is that if the ball touches the attackers arm during the build up to a goal, accidentally or not, then the goal is disallowed. It's been like that all season! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47429316

Very possibly but the fact remains it is the rule that disallowed the goal, not the VAR. VAR just was able to identify the breach of the rule! Personally, I think they need to change the rule so that accidental hand ball is not an offence by the attackers. That will give them equality with...

Wrong, it is according to the rules, not VAR. What the OP is on about is creating equality between attackers and defenders. Currently, accidental hand ball by attacker rules out a goal but accidental hand ball by defender isn't a penalty. It should be same for both. Either accidental hand...