VAR has made a lot of headlines this season and not for the right reasons.
Another file can be added to the VAR cabinet. This time it was Liverpool’s 2-1 win over 10-man Crystal Palace, while Arsenal lost 1-0 to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Ian Wright was left frustrated by inconsistency in both games, with Arsenal and Gabriel Jesus failing to score a second-half penalty.
But Liverpool were awarded a penalty after Jarel Quansah’s tackle on Jean-Philippe Mateta, which he said was not unusual.
The Liverpool centre-back was booked for kicking the Crystal Palace star’s foot after VAR was invented and the penalty awarded after a goal was scored.
Jurgen Klopp’s side came back to win the game and Michael Owen shared his thoughts on Alisson Becker.
But Ian Wright felt there was “no difference” between what happened at Selhurst Park and what happened with Gabriel Jesus and Douglas Luiz at Villa Park, he told Match of the Day.
Arsenal Coach Mikel Arteta has made it clear his side should have been awarded a penalty and says there is no need to debate it.
Penalty kick between Arsenal and Liverpool”You can see that in Mateta,” Wright said. “I think that’s the minimum connection for me.“He has already touched him (Quansah).
Because (not unlike the punishment Jesus shouted at Aston Villa) I don’t know what I’m doing when it comes to the law. “So this is a punishment and not another punishment. “There’s no point in discussing it,” he said.
Punishment is subjectiveIn either case, it should be clear that such calls are and always will be subjective.On the one hand, one referee may award a penalty for the same foul, but another referee may object.
And the penalty wasn’t the only thing that worried Ian Wright. That’s just the subjective nature of football and fans have to accept that.
The obvious and obvious things can be called into question because they don’t apply and don’t apply.
