Any shootout experts on here? Last night Bono saved a pen and Anthony Taylor stopped the rebound with his feet at the edge of the 5 yard box. What if that ball had a backwards spin on it and was about to boomerang its way back towards goal? Should it have been retaken?
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Makes me suspect his decisions even more this season. He was checking out and he didn’t give a feck.
It's telling that controversy seems to follow Anthony Taylor, wherever he's officiating.
Yep, I'm a shootout expert and it should have been retaken.
Definite pen that, clear handball that from Jamie Tartt eh I mean Jack Grealish
It’s a penalty but it’s a bit daft.
LiiiiVARpooooolllll!!
Shocking once again.
There is no other way to jump for a header, literally the shortest possible distance too.
Just to target the hands/arms with these handball rules.
There is no other way to jump for a header, literally the shortest possible distance too.
Just to target the hands/arms with these handball rules.
The rule is stupid, but according to the rule it's a penalty. Correct decision.
Agreed. Hate the handball rule more than any other. But by the rule its a clear pen
Did VAR check the Casemiro tackle
This is never a penalty.
You mean the one earlier in the game on Akanji?
Yes, it wasnt enough for a red
His hand is high...
But mainly it's pretty obvious no one wants City to win the treble...
But mainly it's pretty obvious no one wants City to win the treble...
Literally won your only PL title in the year VAR was introduced.
Yeah, that's why they've booked Bernardo for kicking out at Shaw and haven't booked Coty for 3 counter-stopping tackles now.
By the rules the decision was clearly correct. Just like it was in the last derby. The complaining is ridiculous. You can argue the rules themselves but they're the same for both sides and the decision was obviously correct according to the rules.
And now Bissaka booked for that after Bernardo gets nothing for kicking Shaw. Excellent. Changes how Wan Bissaka defends now.
That AWB yellow card wtf 
It's nice to see this bumped for a decision in uniteds favour!
Worst decision today was that yellow wtf. Dive let alone shouldn't even have been one of he caught him like that
I'd be raging at the rules though. The bigger mistake would not be giving a pen with the rules which is ridiculous
City are allowed to kick us everywhere and especially on the break and we can't touch their group of divers.
Grealish stood on Wan-Bissaka. Bizarre decision.
Really? It's a clear pen, the rules about handball like that should not change. He lift is hand even!
Not soft. His arms shouldn’t be that high, he isn’t challenging anyone for the ball.
That’s what done City in. You don’t have to have your arms so high in the air and he didn’t win the ball.
I’d say the same the other way around Every player should know better by now. It’s a brain fart
City are undisputedly the best cheats on and off the field.
I think Schmeichel is on point – it’s a correct decision but the rule itself is flawed.
Thankfully the BBC studio speaking some sense. The law may be shit but the penalty is clear according to them.
Yes.
I'm going to take a guess and guess that this decision is going to be under muuuuuuch more scrutiny than the Shaw penalty against Brighton, while both being very obvious (and easy) VAR interventions under the current rules.
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Those who don't think that's a pen are just anti United.
He jumps and his arm is in the air as part of his jumping motion. His arm then falls. So far, so natural, right?
Then, while still midair, as AWB is heading the ball, he raises his hand again. If that isn't handball, nothing is handball.
Not to mention that the hand goes up, then down, then back up again. I wouldn't call a natural jumping motion one where the hand goes up another time.
City will get a pen. When there's a 'contentious' decision, despite the fact it shouldn't be, the ref will even it up at the first chance.
The Roma pen denied in mid week, then that today instinctively makes no sense to me.
I think the handball laws are a mess, far too many soft pens given then some that appear blatant denied.
Hope we get another 5 just the same today.
I think the handball laws are a mess, far too many soft pens given then some that appear blatant denied.
Hope we get another 5 just the same today.
When Shaw was forcedly pushed and thus flailed his hands, it was a clear decision for all "neutrals" but for this where Grealish is under no pressure and just flails his arms its lucky, united favorism and paid referees