Leandro Trossard was denied a goal against Leicester City yesterday because Ben White was adjudged to have fouled Danny Ward in the build-up.
The Belgian had already celebrated the goal prior to a VAR check spotted the foul before it was scored and chalked it off.
Just like any VAR decision, not every fan agreed, but after watching the clip again, Morrison reckons the technology got this one spot-on.
He tells Sky Sports:
“Credit VAR. They take a lot of stick, but I’m going to say well done VAR. I thought it was a goal in real time but then slowing it down and slowing it down, Ben White is grabbing Ward arm.
“You can see it. It’s only the slightest thing, but you can see he’s got his arm locked in there. So, credit VAR, I think they get than one right, even though Mikel Arteta’s reaction suggests he doesn’t agree,”
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We understandably do not agree with that decision as Arsenal fans and looking at the video evidence again does not eliminate the doubts.
The Foxes were a difficult club to play against and we should be happy to have won that game eventually.
There are more challenging matches ahead and VAR could also play a significant role, so we must begin to score more.
The technology has been one of the most controversial additions to the English game, but it affects everyone, so we cannot use it as an excuse.
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VAR should not be there only to deny Arsenal a goal as they rightfully did in disallowing Tossard goal, but it should be equally enforced such as in the case where Saka was blatantly foul,
A keep saying Frank Lampard was right when he stated even his three year old daughter at home could get some decision right.
From now on,var will scrutise every goal scored to look for any infringement to disallow it.A Trodsard type goal with theWhite scenario was given.So u see what I mean.
Saka shd have had a penalty but the ref denied .So u can sed the barriers for Arsenal to win the epl
Yet again :
VAR is not the problem, it’s the referees who make inconsistent calls, not just every week, but in every game.
Next week, another foul like this, will go unpunished and the tugging of a shirt will be ignored.
It really is time for the the rule book to be re-read by the PGMOL and agreed upon.
But Ken, isn’t it a basic problem with VAR, that there are so many subjective calls?
One ref. might disallow Trossard’s goal and not give a penalty for the Saka situation, whereas another will do just the opposite in every situation. As both ways to look at it can be defended or critized, there is no right or wrong in calling it one way or another.
You might even see the same ref. make another call on another day with other teams involved.
When you rely on subjective calls, there is always going to be inconsitency, and that logically means VAR has a problem.
I’d love to join the “VAR is corrupt” mob and condemn the given Ben White foul and Saka no penalty, but found both decisions absolutely correct.
White’s foul was very clever in the way that he held Ward’s arm to limit his jump, and Saka’s fall needed a bit more practice.
I’ve only seen the Saka replay in slo-mo once so will acknowledge it if proven wrong and will generously accept the usual trolling and being told “I’m deluded”.😃
The greater concern is consistency in decision making by the VAR officers.
Absolutely. Webb looks as though he want’s to improve this, so there is some hope.
Jax ok. Do you remember arsenal 2-1 vs villa , villas goal ? If you do then come back and spout whatever you want to ,if you are denying that gregg pawson was fair ref against leicester then ill hold my hands up because theres no hope for you,gregg pawson did everything in his power for us to not win the game ,every game i sit down and says lads scoreonly super clean cut goal becuase there refs will find any reason to disallow it, oh by the way tell me when was the last time ref was called by VAR TO check side pitch monitor ,
Craig Pawson, pay attention and you may get it right.
Ok craig pawson then .happy? Anything to say about my comment or just being smarty ..
Frank, if you can’t get his name right how can anyone have confidence in what you say.
My comments were about this one game only and any references to other matches are pointless in this context. Also regarding your other point, I thought he was fair enough to both teams, but as Leicester only had one goal scoring chance all match he wasn’t in a position to deny them anything, not even the usual Vardy dive, so ruling out our “goal” and not awarding a penalty looks as though it’s skewed in their favour.
I have never said that Pawson is a good referee in the same way as I’ve rarely praised the others (other than Oliver perhaps), also have always said that VAR is good but the muppets implementing it are crap.
Sorry if I’ve offended you.
Until the the Audio is allowed to be heard between Ref & VAR( as used by Rugby union.)There will continue to be more problems.t least in Rugby you can seen that the decision has to be unanimously agreed & an explanation for it .Muchmore transparent.A replay of any incident ought yo be displayed on the Big screen as well.
As for Clinton Morrison.Ex Spud.No surprise his views.