The VAR Review: Why Arsenal's penalty was overturned; Nathan Collins' red-card escape vs. Man United

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.

In this week's VAR Review: How Arsenal's punishment against Newcastle United was overturned. Why Brentford's Nathan Collins escaped a reddish paper against Manchester United. Plus, should Liverpool's extremity against Crystal Palace person been ruled retired for a Mohamed Salah handball, and were Brighton & Hove Albion wrongly denied a punishment astatine Chelsea?

Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal

Possible punishment overturn: Pope situation connected Gyökeres

What happened: Viktor Gyökeres broke done the centre successful the 15th minute, and went to crushed aft skipping past Newcastle United goalkeeper Nick Pope. Referee Jarred Gillett pointed to the spot, and the VAR, Darren England, checked the incident. (watch here)

VAR decision: Penalty cancelled.

VAR review: When the cheque was archetypal ongoing, you would beryllium forgiven for reasoning it was for a imaginable reddish paper for Pope. After all, Gyökeres was brought down erstwhile done connected goal. But determination couldn't beryllium a DOGSO (denial of an evident goal-scoring opportunity) offence, due to the fact that Pope was making an effort for the ball. So that near lone 1 different option: the VAR was considering the merits of the penalty.

What the referee saw is ever important to a VAR check; England identified that Pope had got a interaction connected the ball, but Gillett hadn't seen this and believed that the goalkeeper had lone made interaction with Gyökeres. It opens the doorway for a review, due to the fact that it's caller accusation which could alteration the sentiment of the referee.

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The VAR inactive has to marque his ain judgement that this should beryllium an overturn, due to the fact that getting interaction connected the shot doesn't automatically mean a foul cannot beryllium committed. It explains wherefore determination was a agelong deliberation astatine the show arsenic the VAR ran done what happened, earlier the referee decided to cancel the spot kick. And, of course, Gillett could person stood by his archetypal determination if helium felt the interaction connected Gyökeres outweighed the interaction connected the ball.

Verdict: This isn't a lawsuit of re-refereein...