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If the ref had overruled the VAR decision (VAR is mandatory now in a pen situation - it was not called by the ref) there would have been an outcry. The fact that the VAR decision was probably wrong is a different matter. If the rules allow for a pen if there is a tiny touch then it was a pen...

Fair enough. The VAR man got it wrong, then.

I was taught to never argue motive..... Anyway. All the best :thumbsup:

OK. Conspiracy, then. That or coincidence. We shall probably never know which.

I find it hard to believe that UEFA could tell BT or anyone how to edit replays. The pen was soft, sure, but it was a VAR call. There was a tiny touch and if them's the rules so be it. Had it been Muzza we'd have snapped VAR's hand off. And nobody would be talking about the gender of the ref...

Great game, excellent refereeing. Watched it in pub with a mix of neutrals, Chelsea and Liverpool. Everyone thought it was competitive, well managed and a great advert for the PL. As I sort of noted earlier, I think the boys behaved better because the ref wasn't a complete and utter shyster type...

I feel ashamed at having 'lol'ed somwhat reading this thread. But I was laughing mostly at the posts than with them. :rolleyes::whistle: On a related tack, I was listening to female black British players talking about breath-taking racial abuse on the radio this eveing, by Spanish players last...