Bruno Fernandes scores again 🔥
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) July 9, 2020
Should Manchester United have been awarded the penalty though?
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VAR from good. Bruno Fernandes at it again for Manchester United, this time more gamesmanship than actual cheating, but watching the replay even just the once is enough to identify that the incident is not a penalty.
Ward-Prowse deliberately throws himself into an opponent in the box to ‘win’ a pen. Lee Mason gives it, and VAR signs it all off. #EFC pic.twitter.com/ujzKGKAoL6
— John Merro (@johnmerro1) July 9, 2020
This Ward-Prowse fiasco beggars belief however, it looks theatrical at first glance, and again, one quick review of the tape would confirm it to most right-minded people, surely?
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— Daily Hotspur (@Daily_Hotspur) July 9, 2020
Finally, our man Kane being impacted from behind in the penalty box. I admit that this one is less immediately obvious, but once the replay is views, it becomes apparent that Harry couldn’t stay on his feet, so it’s a penalty.
As we’ve been saying since VAR was brought in, the technology is great, but those operating it are not. Obviously the entire VAR process is overcomplicated and needs a level head to look at it, to ensure that the system is fit for purpose.
That Ward-Prowse dive 😲 It’s almost like VAR’s being used to fix matches or something.
My issue is the guys at Stockley Park are not impartial. They back their mates because they do not want the profession to look incompetent. They back each other to the hilt and Michael Oliver has used a public spat to influence his decision. John Moss gives another soft penalty for Utd and it stands, yet ours is dismissed. Maybe the way forward is a 5 person panel who vote anonymously on each decision because the present system is a shambles.
First time I’ve seen the ward prowse one, all I can say is😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You could watch all this in real time and make the right decision. Fernandez trips himself (there is even an argument that Fernandez was both feet off the floor and went into defenders shin studs first…), prowse out right dives and Kane is clearly pushed just before a point blank header. It’s nice the PL fessed up, but so what, cost us the game (two games out of last 4 bad VAR has ruined our momentum).
All that said, we have been as bad as VAR if not worse, no defence there, none for 0 shots on target (that ever happened in PL before?).