Since this is the most recently active VAR error discussion...
A thought occurred to me that perhaps football benefitted, well, not benefitted per se, but it was better for football that the two big mistakes were opposites. Arsenal got a goal that should have been ruled out, we had a goal ruled...
The camera angle for this decision was off. But the camera is in a good position for other decisions. Have one in line with the penalty box it'll be great for decisions in the box, but not so good for decisions further upfield. What we need is...
100s of cameras all around the stadium
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12008740/aston-villa-0-0-sheffield-united-visitors-denied-by-tech-error-on-premier-leagues-return
Villa would have been relegated if they had one less point that season.
Edit to add: I think Bournemouth went down instead?
I believe it was noted when VAR came in that they take the first frame after the ball leaves the foot (the first frame in which there is a gap between the player's foot and the ball). It was framed around the discussion of whether 'playing the ball' means making contact, or when it leaves the...
I'm not convinced it is onside. While it looks like the second defender is ahead of the blue line, I'm not sure he is also ahead of the red line. I wouldn't be surprised if there's another image with the line drawn to the other player showing there's a pixel differnece between the red and blue lines