Was you pleased VAR was in place to award Citys goal at the weekend or would you preferred to leave it to the officials?
I think we were all amazed that the referee had rejected VAR's judgement to rule the goal out. It's that good that no-one had any idea what was going on. Did anyone actually know the goal had been ruled out on-field and the referee was checking whether to overrule it?
And, in any case, you don't know what the referee was thinking now he has the VAR safety net. I can't believe he saw Bernardo interfering with the goalkeeper (because he wasn't) and, as far as I could see, no-one was appealing for it at the beginning. Maybe he thought disallow it and let VAR sort it out. Wrong choice. If he didn't see it (and he couldn't have) he shouldn't have cancelled it in the first place.
What made this decision so controversial was the fact it was a last minute winner which naturally sent both sets of fans and coaching staff over the edge, a complete lack of clarity over what the on-field decision and the VAR review was about and, finally therefore, a complete mystery as to what the referee was doing at the screen.
Everyone who wanted City to win had been delirious when the goal was scored, then infuriated at the length of time being taken to "check" it, then disconsolate when the referee went to the monitor to check the goal (we know what that means), then delirious again when the referee (we thought) had ignored VAR and still given the goal.
Everyone who wanted City not to win, went through the opposite emotions at all the same stages. Guaranteed emotional over-reactions.
You may think it's a win for VAR. I saw it as a completely unnecessary emotional distraction. Imho, the referee should have allowed the goal if he didn't see anything, VAR would have checked it in the background. Done and dusted. Less fuss, less drama, less controversy.