Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
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I was in favour of it until last night, when Arsenal's winning goal was ruled out by VAR, despite no protests coming from the Palace players and the referee appearing to give the goal. Chambers was clearly kicked by two defenders, which sent him stumbling int a third defender who was coming in to tackle him. If anything it should have been a penalty to Arsenal but the ball bounced out to Sokratis who scored.
This is what the Sky web page says, answering the question "So who did rule out Arsenal's winner?" :
"Jarred Gillett was the VAR official for Arsenal's clash with Palace. A 32-year-old Australian, Gillett has never taken charge of a Premier League game, with his refereeing experience in England limited to nine Football League fixtures."
Also this VAR guy overruled the ref in the first half to award Palace a penalty.
Having seen many other controversial VAR decisions this season, I don't think its done anything to improve the game.
This is what the Sky web page says, answering the question "So who did rule out Arsenal's winner?" :
"Jarred Gillett was the VAR official for Arsenal's clash with Palace. A 32-year-old Australian, Gillett has never taken charge of a Premier League game, with his refereeing experience in England limited to nine Football League fixtures."
Also this VAR guy overruled the ref in the first half to award Palace a penalty.
Having seen many other controversial VAR decisions this season, I don't think its done anything to improve the game.