VAR Review: Havertz penalty, Christie red, Haaland spot kick

After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game.There are often games in which one team gets the rub of the green when it comes to truly subjective decisions, those that could go either way so won't be overturned whatever the referee has given. In fact,it was Arsenal who felt the aggrieved party -- five possible penalty situations weren't given by the referee or the VAR.

There would be a far greater sense of justice if the bar was lowered a little and that, for instance, allowed the VAR to send the referee to the monitor for a potential missed red card when he hasn't even acknowledged a foul. That would give the referee the chance to just show a yellow . That puts the control of the missed incident back with the referee, and not with the VAR.

The Premier League historically has fewer red cards than the other top European leagues, largely due to the greater physicality. This season, there have been 27 direct reds in the English top flight, that's one every 13.19 games. France has the most with 50 red cards , then Spain , Germany and Serie A .You can argue that this was as soft as the Havertz penalty, and Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola had valid complaints -- yet the VAR isn't likely to overturn this once given.

As a side note, Coote was on VAR duty for Friday night's match, and then the match referee for this Saturday lunchtime game. Surely such a quick turnaround of intensive duties can be avoided.There's no other way to dress this up: it was a bad on-field decision. There was contact by the defender on the attacker after a shot had been taken -- but this is so rarely given as a penalty. Even if it is, it tends to be because of a clear reckless act .

Fernández moved in front of Antony's running line, while in this game referee Robinson and the VAR, David Coote, would say Mengi accidently stepped on McNeil as they moved side by side. But it's easy to see why the two situations could create a picture of inconsistency.

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