@davidstoker_lfc I agree that a handball has now become a massive grey area that is too open to interpretation due to VAR. That is definitely something that has to be addressed. But to coin an old adage, ye see them given for that all the time.
@EwenDCameron What have the pics of the over the line/ not over the line ball got to do with anything? Fair enough to disagree but why try conflate two completely different matters to prove a point of view that is simply wrong?
@AndyRobsonTips The rules of the game apply up until the final whistle. It's a handball and stonewall penalty. Yes, the grey area of handballs needs to sorted. If that was my defender I'd be wondering wtf he is playing at with 8 seconds to and the ball going nowhere.
The outrage over last night is very telling. The rules of the game apply till the final whistle.
If I seen my centre half doing that with 8 seconds to go and the ball going nowhere I would be absolutely furious.
@JimDelahunt Don't be that guy Jim. It was a stonewaller. VAR gives these decisions all the time. I agree it over-scrutinises the game and without it that penalty would have never happened but it does exist and that was the right decision.
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