They are human, it happens. It's a nonsense to insist it's due to corruption when mistakes happen with the same degree of regularity to the 'big clubs', it's just they are usually far less consequential. When City or Liverpool have had big decisions go against them, they've nearly always still won the game. When it happens further down the league, it feels unfair because those decisions are more frequently at the cost of points.
As I said, I think VAR was pitched as being infallible, never wrong and a solution to all the injustices of the game. We've all quickly realised that's not the case. It's certainly prevented many more injustices that would have otherwise prevailed without it, but it's not without it's flaws, because it's run by humans and we're all flawed.
I agree with Carlo. Yesterday was a 'borderline' call. It was a sickener coming so late, but as soon as I saw it I tempered my celebration because I knew it would be given offside, as Siggy had moved.
Have never said this.
I've simply said we've had the same level of injustice as practically every club. We've had a bit more than some and a lot less than others.
Many decisions in Football like "Was it over the line?" or "Was he offside?" are absolutely 100% accurate now due to the introduction of technology which has aided the game. But there are still a huge amount of decisions like the one yesterday where they are subjective and require a third party. All sets of fans will still feel aggrieved with VAR to an extent. If United had lost to that goal yesterday, it would still have been a judgement call and their fans would have been up in arms about it, rather than us. That's unfortunate, but it's how the game has always been.
That's why three blokes who are professionally trained in the laws of the game, working in the best league in the world, who know the rules of the game better than any of us and who don't have a horse in the race, all work together to come up with what they consider to be the right outcome for each decision, in the fastest possible time. Whatever answer they give, someone is going to say they are wrong.
That's a tough gig.