1. Burnley, yes it did take a long time but ultimately the correct decision was made. We all thought that the knee was furthest forward, but by taking extra time, VAR figured out the head was offside and made the correct decision. What would be helpful is automated offsides that can make these decisions in seconds

  2. Newcastle penalty. Imo it’s a soft penalty, but is it a clear and obvious error? Defender doesn’t make contact with the ball and does take down the Newcastle player. It’s soft but it’s clearly wrong as evidenced by the fact it took VAR so long

  • PJBuzz@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t watch the Burnley game, but they did not do well in the Newcastle game.

    I’m not convinced that you can make an argument that they made the right decision, but you can definitely make the argument that if the call was that it wasn’t a clear and obvious error, then it shouldn’t take 5 minutes to figure out.