Don't know how the FA can look at the game in it's current state and be fine with it. The fact that we're saying "oh it's not a foul but because the ref got it wrong and we have this tool that can fix it the rules say they aren't allowed to fix it".
The guidelines around VAR are paradoxical at times and don't even remotely combat a major problem in football that is diving.
Yeah.. no fan wants to see either of those fouls given against their team. Similarly, the other set of fans will think it's a pen.
It's frustrating because you literally have someone reviewing the footage at slow motion, zooming in on freeze-frames and actively looking for contact to not overturn such a questionable decision.
Then we hear at the start of every season that refs are clamping down on soft fouls and minimal contact tackles being free-kicks, and you watch a game literally be decided on those tonight.
It has been this way forever, but now that VAR is there it makes it harder to take. That's the crux of it really. The "I can see why the ref gave it" just doesn't have the legs it used to anymore.