Copenhagen.

[unitedsotex]

Like seriously... We play with actual intent and we get fucked by some wild ass VAR decision to kill anything we have

[DedRevil]

Var should only be allowed to review in real time, and then go and kill itself and never be used again.

[alt]

As for the penalty, it's soft as fuck but no surprise it's given with the way things are going nowadays.

[Rustin Cohle]

Don't always agree with Millar, not even sure I do here as I do feel it's a red based off other ones this season, but the wider criticism of VAR within it is spot on.

[Yusef]

The idiots who run football won't do anything about this, but VAR is now the dominant factor in top-level football. Along with the Saudi acquisition of FIFA and UEFA and their refusal to stand up to Abu Dhabi, the game really is ruined already. I couldn't care less about getting another four or five percentage points worth of refereeing decisions correct. It's unwatchable, and grotesque.

[johnboy14]

For some reason we just don't close teams down. Standing off players cost us the 2nd goal. You can't just let players cross the ball unchallenged

[Kojak]

Nov 8, 2023 20:56:55 GMT alt said:

Nov 8, 2023 20:52:11 GMT Tatty said:

Exactly. It’s endangering a player’s safety. Bang on red. If that’s Salah on anyone of ours, you’d all scream bloody murder.

Finally, some sense!

It's like when Son broke Andre Gomes' leg - completely accidental, but he broke his fucking leg. You can't just wave it away and say because it was unintentional there's no punishment.

So if someone falls over, lands on someone’s leg and snaps it in half, they’re getting sent off just because someone has a broken leg?

It’s never a red. He’s gone to plant his foot in the ground.

On the Salah thing, if that went against Liverpool after a string of decisions like we’ve had, Klopp would be sending an envelope full of anthrax to UEFA HQ.

[unitedsotex]

what karma god did this club piss off because it's getting beyond ridiculous

[harvindhillon]

Nov 8, 2023 20:59:19 GMT alt said:

As for the penalty, it's soft as fuck but no surprise it's given with the way things are going nowadays.

He was not even aware of the ball lol he was going for his man. Penalty my ass

[Kojak]

Nov 8, 2023 20:59:19 GMT alt said:

As for the penalty, it's soft as fuck but no surprise it's given with the way things are going nowadays.

Similar to one we conceded against I think Bayern, where it’s hit his hand from no distance at all. But that’s a penalty in Europe these days apparently.

[keanosdog16]

Never a pen, where’s his arm supposed to be and it’s hit him from about 3 inches away ffs

[seanie]

Bad decisions aside, we've conceded 9 goals already in this with just 3.5 games and saved a penalty last game. It's just piss poor defending and controlling the ball. They had a lot of chances too and on both flanks we've been slow to get to the ball or read the play.

[smithy2]

Nov 8, 2023 20:57:15 GMT Rustin Cohle said:

With the way the game has been going for years - especially in European games - it was always going to be given as a red. These ones always are, and Rashford would know that. This is down to him I think. I would bench him beyond the three games he will miss.

He was playing well imo until then. The ball to Mctominay was lovely.

[Rustin Cohle]

I do think that is always going to be given by VAR, whether it's us or the scouse or an oil club or anyone else. The problem is that a referee would never give it in real time, but VAR slows down and twists things. We've seen similar incidents lead to VAR reds in other games I think.

VAR needs scrapping, or at the very least incredibly extensive reform. It is the problem here and it is being used incredibly badly by referees across England, Europe and the world. The spirit of the laws of the game has been completely removed from the equation, primarily because of fear, with the irony being that the criticism they fear is more intense than ever as a result.

[Stretty]

Have we given away a pen in all our CL games so far?