Just seen Lineker on MoTD saying the decision to overturn Bournemouth's late penalty was not "clear and obvious" for an intervention despite it being an objective decision for things such as ball position, offside, handball by goalscorer, etc. Therefore, clear and obvious error test does not apply.The joy has been sucked out of the game thanks to refs and the media. They'd rather people were outraged every week to keep them engaged in the endless debate about VAR. The actual quality of the football on offer across the league is actually pretty poor, so they need to generate interest somehow.
Bournemouth yesterday were diving all over the place and were genuinely painful to watch, yet we're supposed to feel like they were hard done by. United were poor, but Bournemouth deserved nothing for their lack of sportsmanship. The moment their left back grabbed Dalot's shirt and threw himself to the floor was hilariously bad and the ref still fell for it. There are no gentlemen left in the game these days, which makes it hard to actually root for anyone.
The average football fan has no hope of understanding the rules when constant misinformation is pumped out by media outlets.