Terrible game so far - sums up the league apart from one team everyone else is much of a muchness and its not great for the neutral
Dreadful. But the first shot on target by either side potentially opens up 4th place for half the league.
Another poor half for officiating in the premier league as well - Maguire stays on after clear violent conduct and Willian booked for being fouled, not Mr Taylors finest 45 minutes
Trouble is you can substitute the name Taylor with Oliver, Atkinson, Tierney. Moss and just about any other referees name you can think of and say the same thing
Maguire was lucky. The only difference with Son is that Son seemed to leave his foot in a little longer, which made it less likely any official would have any doubt. 1-1 now. Damn. Come on VAR ,- foul at the near post.
Fred pushes Azpilicueta into Shaw. Goal disallowed by VAR for the push on Shaw.... Debatable but again a decision made by people who appear to have never played the game... Or working to a different agenda...
With VAR now in place is there still retrospective action for red cards that were missed? I doubt that Maguire will be charged as he is a current England international
From the BBC: "A bit more info to give you on the decision not to send Harry Maguire off for what appeared to be a kick out at Michy Batshuayi. The Premier League says the VAR officials reviewed the incident but did not deem it to be violent conduct, so no red card. Son Heung-min was dismissed for a similar incident when Tottenham played Chelsea in December - a match also officiated by referee Anthony Taylor - but both are classed as subjective decisions, and this time VAR Chris Kavanagh decided in Maguire's favour." PGMOL, go **** yourselves.
Azpilucueta pushed Shaw with two hands whatever the contact from Fred. He didn't just collide with Shaw. A push with two outstretched hands is a foul! Fernandes hits the post!
So how long before Twitter starts saying we have the VAR refs in our pocket? ...oh wait, instead we're hearing that Anthony Taylor is a Spurs fan
United so lucky tonight - I know that was clearly offside but If i was a Chelsea fan I would be fuming