How protocol created Bruno Fernandes' goal; Bowen penalty in the VAR Review

Video Assistant Referee causes contention each week successful the Premier League, but however are decisions made, and are they correct?

After each play we instrumentality a look astatine the large incidents, to analyse and explicate the process some successful presumption of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game.

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JUMP TO: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham | Newcastle 1-0 Everton | Palace 2-1 Wolves | Bournemouth 0-1 Southampton | Sharing the VAR audio

Manchester United 2-0 Tottenham

How VAR protocol led to Man Unted's 2nd goal

What happened: A delayed emblem went up against Harry Kane soon earlier Bruno Fernandes scored successful the 69th minute.

VAR review: In games pre-VAR, this extremity simply would ne'er person happened. Tottenham were connected the onslaught and the shot was played successful to Kane, who was successful an offside position. However, arsenic VAR protocol is for the adjunct to support his emblem down successful wide attacking situations until the extremity of the phase, play was allowed to continue.

Once Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea made the prevention from Kane and the escaped shot fell to Luke Shaw, the adjunct past raised his flag. However, arsenic Shaw was carrying the shot retired of the area, referee Simon Hooper acknowledged the emblem but allowed play to proceed arsenic United were successful possession. A fewer seconds aboriginal and Fernandes had the shot successful the backmost of the net.

Before VAR existed the emblem would person been raised and the whistle blown arsenic soon arsenic the transverse was played to Kane. But the edict to let the attacking signifier to play retired creates the anticipation of an attacking vantage for the defending team, and United afloat embraced it.

Liverpool 1-0 West Ham United

VAR overturn: Penalty awarded for foul by Gomez connected Bowen

What happened: In the 42nd minute, West Ham United guardant Jarrod Bowen chested the shot down wrong country and was challenged by Joe Gomez. Referee Stuart Attwell played on.

VAR decision: Penalty, missed by Bowen.

VAR review: Gomez tried to triumph the shot with a precocious tackle from behind, not dangerously and intelligibly successful an effort to get to the shot first, but it was Bowen who was capable to thorax it down.

If referee Attwell believes Gomez got a interaction connected the ball, that gives the VAR, Craig Pawson, grounds to archer the referee helium has missed a imaginable penalty. Bowen was taking power of the shot but the unit from Gomez knocked the West Ham subordinate to the ground.

It was a clumsy situation from the Liverpool defender and a elemental VAR reappraisal erstwhile it was wide helium got thing connected the ball.

Newcastle United 1-0 Everton

Possible penalty: Foul by Burn connected Gordon

What happened: Dan Burn challenged Anthony Gordon wrong the country successful the 42nd minute, with the Everton guardant going to ground. Everton appealed for a penalty, which referee Tony Harrington turned down.

VAR decision: No penalty.

VAR review: There was interaction by Burn, who leant into England under-21 planetary Gordon, but not capable to warrant a punishment footwear -- oregon to beryllium judged arsenic simulation either.

We tin comparison this to Gomez connected Bowen, with the Liverpool defender disconnected the crushed and making a precocious situation trying to triumph the shot which intelligibly brought down the West Ham forward.

Burn's situation was precocious assemblage interaction without trying to triumph the ball, and determination tin beryllium a punishment for this offence, but there's not capable for the VAR to go progressive -- particularly if the referee has a afloat presumption of the incident.

It's akin to the punishment assertion Brighton & Hove Albion had astatine Manchester United connected the opening play of the play erstwhile Lisandro Martinez bundled implicit Danny Welbeck. No punishment was fixed by the VAR past either, but that was a overmuch stronger claim with greater force, and 1 which should astir apt person been given.

Crystal Palace 2-1 Wolves

Possible penalty: Handball by Guehi

What happened: In the 82nd minute, Nelson Semedo crossed into the container and the shot flicked disconnected Marc Guehi. Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Ruben Neves appealed for a penalty, which referee David Coote waved away.

VAR decision: No penalty.

VAR review: The VAR, Lee Mason, didn't counsel a punishment footwear due to the fact that the shot deflected disconnected Guehi's genu earlier perchance brushing his arm. There's uncertainty implicit conclusive grounds of the shot hitting the arm, but the deflection disconnected the genu made the VAR's determination for him. Guehi's limb is successful the same, justifiable presumption erstwhile the shot is crossed to erstwhile it hits him.

The handball instrumentality is confusing capable to supporters, adjacent much truthful erstwhile it comes to deflections disconnected the assemblage onto the arm. The IFAB's guidance astir handball has respective exceptions, but determination are differences successful mentation -- and that hasn't been helped by UEFA.

The overriding origin for handball should beryllium the hand/arm making the assemblage unnaturally bigger, and its presumption not being a effect of, oregon justifiable by, the player's assemblage movement.

This tin beryllium overridden by:
- Contact is simply a effect of the subordinate deliberately playing the shot with different portion of the assemblage (against himself/herself)
- The player's limb is already extended erstwhile determination is nary anticipation of the shot coming at, oregon near, the subordinate from a teammate

We tin look to the punishment Tottenham Hotspur had cancelled by the VAR astatine West Ham earlier successful the season, erstwhile the shot came disconnected Aaron Cresswell's look and onto his arm. There's an statement that the VAR shouldn't person go progressive successful the Cresswell incident, due to the fact that the West Ham subordinate was not deliberately playing the ball, it simply deed him successful the look and past deed a raised arm; it's a grey area, and each concern is judged connected its merits.

It doesn't mean that each interaction disconnected the player's assemblage volition cancel a handball offence, ergo is the presumption of the limb much decisive than the deflection itself?

Last month, AFC Bournemouth were awarded a punishment against Nottingham Forest erstwhile Lloyd Kelly turned his assemblage into a changeable from Neco Williams and the shot deed his hand. Five days later, successful adjacent identical circumstances, Manchester United gave distant a spot footwear astatine location to Real Sociedad connected Matchday 1 of the Europa League radical signifier erstwhile Lisandro Martinez attempted to artifact a shot, the shot rebounded disconnected his leg and onto his arm. United fans thought the VAR would intervene but the determination of Italian referee Marco Di Bello stood; successful the Premier League the deflection would astir surely spot the VAR overturn the penalty, arsenic with the Cresswell example.

UEFA has a stricter application, arsenic seen by the punishment FC Copenhagen conceded against Manchester City successful the Champions League past week, and Rodri's disallowed extremity successful the aforesaid crippled aft the shot inadvertently touched the limb of Riyad Mahrez. Then there's the spot footwear Rangers conceded done a VAR determination against Union St.-Gilloise successful a Champions League qualifier erstwhile the shot came disconnected a teammate's backmost and rebounded onto Connor Goldson's arm. There's an objection successful the laws, yet successful UEFA contention it was inactive penalised.

UEFA's strict attack lone adds to the confusion, with the guidance that was issued successful the summertime of 2021 expected to marque wide it's not an offence each clip the shot hits a defender's arm. UEFA doesn't look to instrumentality limb presumption being successful a justifiable presumption for a player's question into relationship overmuch astatine all.

Bournemouth 0-1 Southampton

Possible penalty: Handball by Salisu

What happened: In the 65th minute, Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu attempted to artifact a transverse by Junior Stanislas and the shot deed the arm. Referee John Brooks waved distant the punishment appeals.

VAR decision: No penalty.

VAR review: A bully illustration of however a subordinate having his limb adjacent to his assemblage successful an expected presumption for his assemblage movement. Unlike, for example, Kelly vs. Nottingham Forest and Martinez vs. Real Sociedad, Salisu doesn't person his arms raised from his assemblage creating a barrier.

The shot successful information hits Salisu connected the limb erstwhile it is astir touching the body, and being retracted, truthful contempt the appeals determination is nary accidental the VAR, Peter Bankes, gives a punishment for this.

Sharing the VAR audio

It's against FIFA's protocol for immoderate league to broadcast VAR discussions unrecorded during games, and that doesn't look apt to alteration anytime soon, but determination are exceptions to stock it successful the days afterwards for acquisition purposes.

- Webb interview: How VAR works good successful MLS

This happens astir often successful Major League Soccer, wherever astatine the extremity of the pursuing week each VAR telephone is analysed successful its "Insider Video Review." The existent caput of MLS refs, Howard Webb, moves to the Premier League astatine the extremity of the year.

There's been a communal misconception that the Australian A-League ever broadcasts the audio during games, erstwhile successful information prime incidents person been released the pursuing week. Whenever a league shares this audio, it tends to beryllium for non-contentious incidents.

This happened again this week aft Newcastle Jets' Jordan Elsey was sent disconnected against Perth Glory, though it was lone for a 2nd yellowish paper upgraded to a consecutive reddish -- and a wide incorrect decision.

Regardless of the information this was a elemental overturn, it shows however being capable to perceive the VAR treatment volition assistance understanding; a wide statement of what is being reviewed, the imaginable outcomes and the last advice.

There were reports astatine the commencement of the play that the Premier League would beryllium sharing the audio, but this was ever an purpose alternatively than an contiguous intention. It wouldn't beryllium a astonishment if we yet got to perceive immoderate audio aft Webb takes up his caller relation arsenic the brag of referees astatine PGMOL, but don't expect it to beryllium 1 of the high-profile incidents.

Serie A referee designator Gianluca Rocchi said past period it was excessively aboriginal to let unrecorded broadcast,

"It's complex, those connected the transportation and those disconnected it indispensable person capable connection skills," Rocchi told the Social Football Summit successful Rome. "We're improving a lot, adjacent compared to past year, but it inactive takes time.

"On the referees' broadside determination is full openness, there're nary secrets. The occupation with broadcasting unrecorded is that there's nary filter, the full satellite would perceive what happens connected the pitch.

"Italian referees are moving hard to determination towards connection that tin beryllium heard by everyone, but we are connected a way of growth. Today I couldn't nonstop a unrecorded audio, due to the fact that the level is not yet adequate, but we're moving a lot. We're doing a immense magnitude of training, successful immoderate cases holding backmost isn't casual due to the fact that you hazard limiting your spontaneity and it would go a occupation successful reverse.

"It depends connected the results, erstwhile we cognize we're ready. Then we volition inactive request support from FIFA, we cannot bash arsenic we please. The important happening is to beryllium acceptable erstwhile the clip comes."

Information provided by the Premier League and PGMOL was utilized successful this story.