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Ask the ref where it hit and the answer would be "his head I assume". Not sure why on field decision would be given any weight.

It really isn't inconclusive like. Exhibit A: Exhibit B: His shoulder, aka the green no handball bit, is visible throughout. The ball clearly makes contact lower down the arm in the red zone. Handball.

I'll rarely defend VAR but in what was a frantic end to the game already 2 minutes over allocation, and given the keeper was straight back up, i imagine they only looked at it once and decided it was an orange so just stick with the ref and let the game flow. If the keeper goes down clutching his face VAR probably recommends a red, but that doesn't really help Bournemouth as much as getting the fuck on with the game.

2:40. It's clearly below the shoulder.

I feel like I'm being gaslit here. It clearly comes off his arm. I can tell it comes off his arm because his shoulder is perfectly visible throughout and at no point does the ball touch his shoulder.

MOTD just showed a graphic of the guidance of handball. Green at the top of the shoulder and above the armpit. Red below down the rest of the arm. Green section really small at the very top of the arm. Then go on to say the video isn't conclusive despite it obviously being in the middle of the upper arm and clearly in the red zone of the graphic they 20 seconds ago just shown. Then some rubbish about "why are VAR even getting involved?"

Did he really just say "magnificently penetrative"?

Tonali coming back too. Hopefully Longstaff is consigned to the bench for the foreseeable.

Redknapp reckons Schar is injured. Clearly done his homework.

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Wife just asked who Liverpool are even playing. Based on this I could only answer "themselves".

They've got half an hour after our match. Which is the max us/Bournemouth are now going to get.

Just turned sky on and came on here to complain. I guess they're the 16:30 game but come on.

One of those games where I don't want either team to win.

If there's going to be transfer deadlines it needs to be before the season starts like.

Not really a PSR thing that. If they do manage to sell him for a decent wedge then it's just pure profit. You'd want that regardless of PSR.

And people say Eddie isn't ruthless enough.

Yeah would be madness to not appeal imo.

VAR couldn't intervene. The ref blew his whistle before the ball struck the back of the net. Was just a mistake by the ref in his first game which he has admitted. One of those that in some ways is easier to stomach.

10m off the price for each goal he concedes.

Video of it with Martinelli

So you're saying the ref didn't see it properly, just made something up in his head as to what might have happened, shown Schar a red, and deserves no criticism?

Yellow card for Diaz for taking a player out after the whistle has gone. Yellow card for Schar for squaring up to a player. Yellow card for Diaz for squaring up to a player. Potentially a red card for initiating head contact. Yellow card for Diaz for simulation. Given the footage of Diaz actually initiating the contact id be amazed if we don't appeal and get this overturned. I'd want an explanation for why VAR didn't sort it out too.

It's the sort of game we are going to get from him for a while. He's 19, and whilst there's lots they can do on the training pitch he needs game time to learn. There were times yesterday where he wasn't great, but then the same can be said of the team as a whole. And he did keep us in the match with goal line clearance. I think we lose without that. So it wasn't a fully bad day at the office.

Squaring up to someone isn't a failed attempt at violent conduct in the same way a swing and a miss is. What are you talking about?