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It shouldn't. It doesn't to me and my reading of the laws of the game. And generally it doesn't in the premier league. But in Europe? When even the slightest contact meant it couldn't be a dive, it suggests a certain attitude from the European authorities that doesn't, for me, put it beyond the...

On BT sport they showed an angle that was from behind and to the left of the goal. Pretty good angle to see that after pushing the ball past the keeper, the two littlest fingers of the keeper's hands brushed the knee of the attacker. In Europe, it seems that contact is king. Quite a few years...

That is the crux of it for me. Wherever the line is drawn, there will be close calls that will feel unfair. I know some people are accusing me of loving VAR, in truth I'm currently indifferent and am waiting for it bed in and everyone get used to it, but I'm not getting worked up over tight...

Don't get me wrong, I celebrate goals, but always think it's often a bit weird. We score in the 7th minute and go crazy. Great. But what if we then concede two? We lost the game and that celebration was wasted. 4-0 down and we get a goal deep into injury time, and the celebration is always muted...

There was something about 'resetting the play' on the VAR special of 'The Debate' with one of the senior officials involved in rolling out VAR and training the refs - meaning, that is the furthest point back the review will go. I am struggling to think of the specific details of the example...

That's not how the current law works. I can remember two goals - Suarez for Liverpool v Sunderland. Where the ball struck his arm and went in. It wasn't intentional, but it clearly struck his arm and went in. The officials didn't see that it struck his arm, and they got slaughtered for not...