Dale Johnson

Football Issues Correspondent @BBCSport. Lots of VAR, plus regulations, coefficients and permutations. Views my own. Ex-ESPN.

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The busiest weekend VAR has seen in the Premier League? Probably.

But how many errors is the Key Match Incidents Panel likely to find?

BBC Sport picks out the 11 most contentious incidents, runs through each and weighs up how the KMI Panel may vote.

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https://t.co/lqXw9qLgkh

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@BarShoutingLFC You realise that I'm giving the explanation of the law here?

Do you want me to lie and make it up because it's a better answer?

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@sorevolutionary I write about VAR, mate.

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@husseinberg @jfunnell_lfc I write about VAR.

My article on the incident was about VAR.

Hence I focused on the VAR vote in my tweet.

Straight-forward.

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@_u__s__u___ @GINGER_ROCKET99 It was to objectively analyae and explain how holding is interpreted by officials, and why the VAR might not intervene in a situation such as this.

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Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty against Arsenal after Alexander Isak was pulled back by Jurrien Timber, the Premier League's KMI Panel has ruled.

The KMI Panel produced a split 3:2 vote that the VAR should have intervened.

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https://t.co/br0ZF7Zk6q

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@dearglfc The other two errors reported this season were both 5-0 and 5-0.

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@dearglfc So, can you tell me how you get a close subjective judgement without it being 3:2?

Doesn't make any sense.

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@johnbungle @Terry_Fowler @BobbyManzi The news story is the report.

The words of the regulatory commission are most definitely damning.

And yes, the appeal could potentially be considered frivolous under the old interpretation.

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Damning comments by the FA's regulatory commission on Jean-Philippe Mateta's failed red card appeal.

States that Spurs defender Micky van de Ven was "fortunate not to have suffered a debilitating injury".

Appeal unanimously rejected on all grounds.

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https://t.co/RjxSSgY0OH

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@dearglfc It's illogical to say a 3:2 vote, the closest possible outcome, is "more clear cut than you'll admit".

I explained last week, in detail, why this decision was far more complicated and nuanced than the simple hold of the shirt.

And the 3:2 vote proves it.

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@johnbungle @Terry_Fowler @BobbyManzi You asked if the Football Association used the word frivolous, not if I did.

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@dearglfc That's interesting logic.

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@johnbungle @Terry_Fowler @BobbyManzi Where did I say they did?

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@cpfc_Ollie @johnbungle @Terry_Fowler @BobbyManzi Where did I say they did?

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@cpfc_Ollie The article isn't about the KMI Panel.

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@Ali06497343 @KalshiFC Gravenberch isn't an error.

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@dearglfc Two points for you.

1) Added this tweet because many people asked how two people voted no penalty

2) KMI Panel sheet doesn't say anything so detailed in support of the penalty

Oh, and

3) 3:2 is as subjective as it gets. I explained last week why this was not straightforward.

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@_u__s__u___ @GINGER_ROCKET99 Yes, because that was literally the point of the article.

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@Phillyconcarne This article is about the Football Association regulatory commission, which Palace appealed to.

It has nothing to do with the KMI Panel.

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@nidger @briandunne75 @KayLFC05_ It's the actual interpretation of the rule, not mine, hence the comments of the KMI Panel today about the difficultly assessing impact.

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@johnbungle @Terry_Fowler @BobbyManzi I can only report what the Football Association said.

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@marktissy This is today's news.

The Football Association literally just published the official written reasons.