Ref Watch

[GH64]

Looking back at it at first I thought rodri headed it onto his out stretched arm but I'm just wondering if var thought it hit his outstretched arm before the header

It was given as a pen when Laporte headed it onto his own arm, noone seemed to have a problem with that one because his arm was stuck out.

 

[Blue Mist]

Yes it was a pen, handball in the area, hands above his head in unnatural position , that’s a clear on todays rules. Admittedly not as much a pen as the one not given in injury time at their place, but still a pen (albeit not deliberate handball, but that ain’t the rule)

Edit just watching the highlights and what was harsh was the yellow card, given it didn’t look deliberate

Edit edit just watched the slow motion and it is very harsh

@BringBackSwales I'm waiting for your next edit that says it didn't touch his arm, because it doesn't. Very poor decision from Var and the ref.

 

[Chris in London]

Thought he was too lenient with us last night.

Never a penalty. I'd have been fuming if that went against us.

And Ederson should have been booked and a free kick given, not sure how he missed that.

In fairness, we were fuming when we didn’t get the penalty at the end of the first leg

 

[Ajm1985]

Harsh penalty to be honest, but that was owed to us from the 1st leg.

That rugby tackle from Eddy, baffles me how VAR missed that. Reminded me of how Eddy "got away with one" against Dortmund.

On the whole, teams in the Champions League seem to want to play football and make it easier for the ref. Premier League is stop/start. Too much "gamesmanship" going on.

Not sure VAR would have done anything - wasn't a red card offence so they can't intervene.

 

[Asa's left peg]

' They even themselves over the season'

As Pep said in the pre match interview, their equaliser was a clear foul on Ruben, in the first leg.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Looking back at it at first I thought rodri headed it onto his out stretched arm but I'm just wondering if var thought it hit his outstretched arm before the header

That's what I thought from the first replays that were shown, then on others it didn't look like that. Either way, pretty harsh by PL standards but CL handballs seem to be take less "subjective" elements into account.

Still think it's a waste of VAR to look for things that nobody appealed for and nobody in the ground, or I suspect watching at home, even saw.

 

[JRockBlues]

Harsh penalty to be honest, but that was owed to us from the 1st leg.

That rugby tackle from Eddy, baffles me how VAR missed that. Reminded me of how Eddy "got away with one" against Dortmund.

On the whole, teams in the Champions League seem to want to play football and make it easier for the ref. Premier League is stop/start. Too much "gamesmanship" going on.

The ref was indicating that Ederson touched the ball with his upper leg before contacting the Leipzig player but then stopped to book Werner for something he said which is also why we got a free-kick (similar to when Kev did the same in the 2nd half for a foul that wasn't given on him).

 

[fierydan]

' They even themselves over the season'

As Pep said in the pre match interview, their equaliser was a clear foul on Ruben, in the first leg.

I rang talk sport on Wednesday directly after the match and made the evening out argument,even though I don't subscribe to it. What shocked me was Cundy fully defended the Leipzig goal,saying where would football be going if goals like that are disallowed?

 

[Asa's left peg]

I rang talk sport on Wednesday directly after the match and made the evening out argument,even though I don't subscribe to it. What shocked me was Cundy fully defended the Leipzig goal,saying where would football be going if goals like that are disallowed?

They're not interested in reason, just setting the agenda for the papers.
Gvaradiol's arms were locked out showing that (not only were his hands on Rubens shoulders) he was exerting downward pressure. I thought you were supposed to jump with your arms at your side now.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

In fairness, we were fuming when we didn’t get the penalty at the end of the first leg

I was spitting feathers when we didn't get the one when Erling was pushed in the back. I thought the VAR check was for that one. The handball and the general penalty law has just become a fuckin' lottery. It makes as much sense to draw a raffle ticket before kick off as some of the decisions taken in the game.