🚨Jamie Carragher on Maatsen incident that should have given Aston Villa a penalty against Arsenal:
🗣️ I’ve seen the clip 12 times now. Maatsen cuts in, White is there, there’s a contact. Referee says no. VAR should have intervene and call it.
That’s the problem with “clear and obvious.”
They’ve turned it into a get-out clause. If the ref misses it, VAR can just sit there and say “not clear enough” even when the pictures show a defender taking the man. We’ve seen softer ones given this season. We’ve seen them given against smaller clubs. Suddenly at 0-0 going into the last half-hour against Arsenal it’s “minimal contact.”
Clear and obvious is supposed to catch the ones the ref gets badly wrong. This is one of them. You don’t need 15 angles. One look tells you White doesn’t play the ball.
They had time to check the Arsenal one and correctly move it outside the box. Fine. Do your job both ways. Don’t hide behind the threshold when a home side is shouting for a penalty that most people in the ground can see.
Villa aren’t asking for a soft one. They’re asking for the same standard everyone else gets. Tonight they didn’t get it.
That’s not me being biased. That’s the clip.
I am so fcking sick of the eulogising over a team who plays with a back six and plays insanely defensive football including fouling at every set piece and diving at any contact.
Blatant foul on tzolis ref plays on for Villa, Villa dive ref gives the foul, cash commits same foul 3 times no card. At some point they’re gonna have to be investigated
Hornicek is a gem - perfect modern keeper
Dedic x Hall is a majestic full-back duo
Thiaw x Botman is looking like a perfect nucleus at the heart of the defence
Nico x Miley is an INSANE double pivot
Elanga x Wissa two-man has *finally* arrived
FOUNDATIONS. 🧱 #NUFC
From a fanbase who cry’s when they’re not even involved, makes themselves the victims and claims dr dooms name is because of VVD… I’m not hearing it out.
My argument is every fanbase has idiots
It’s clear to see who’s played football and who hasn’t… they both reach for the ball and get it and land in the same place because they’re reaching. Happens nearly every match it’s just one of the few instances where the landing is unfortunate
Yet ANOTHER leg-breaking tackle that PGMOL decide doesn’t warrant a sending off, because “it’s Arsenal.”
Any other player, any other club. This is a red card. Embarrassing.