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Very much THIS. Mind-blowing people can interpret it another way.

It doesn't matter. It is still an opportunity that has been denied without an attempt to win the ball. Even if the foul doesn't occur and you judge Welbeck MIGHT not get to the ball first he has still been denied the opportunity to get a shot at goal.

Yes, as you describe the foul denies an obvious goal scoring opertinity. Height not make good contact or get their first but it is an opertinity to score. I don't see how it can be anything else.

The ref also let Spurs take a quick throw -in on a break while a second ball was in play at the time. That was also very odd.

Oh come off it. He was stopped making what would have been a goal bound header. That is the definition of a goal scoring opertinity. Had it been the other way around the ref would have sent out player off.

Yes this was another bizarre judgement. Absolutely should have been a red card as the foiling player denied a goal scoring opertinity and made no attempt to win the ball. It will be interesting hearing the audio for that part as well. That along with the decision. I suspect an apology is inbound.

The fact it took so long implies they were either doing nothing or looking at other "incidents" other than the blatant shirt pull. That I am sure of.

I would want to hear the full two mins. They were clearly trying to find a reason not to give it. It's the only conclusion you can arrive at.

Combine that with the obviousness of the foul and it all combines to one really bizarre review, even if the correct design was eventually arrived at. I assume they will release the audio of this at some point?

It's just not a good look is it. Especially for a system that has so far be far from optimal.

But they did stop play for this one? So that clearly doesn't matter.

I am amazed at how long it took for VAR to get the ref to look at that! You can understand a referee missing things in real time but how on earth did it take VAR that long to tell him!?

Oh it just looked tight. VAR looked at it but I haven't seen it, which is odd. Even when ours were drawn on the wrong person we saw them.

Why was it given then?

Would love to see the lines for their second. Looked tight in real time.