The Premier League's Independent Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled the referee and the VAR were correct to award Newcastle United's winning goal against Arsenal.
Their determination on the Gabriel foul is mind boggling. I could easily with them, or anyone saying it’s not a foul, recreate the situation given my experience playing soccer (football or whatever anyone wants to call it). I am 100% that if someone crosses a ball similarly and I stand behind all 4 in this panel (or anyone else) and push /shove the back of their neck they’re gonna be arguing they my were fouled. It’s like none of them understand physics and motion.
According to the rules of the game a push is only a foul if it is careless, reckless or using excessive force.
This is the point, the referee and subsequently VAR have decided it doesn’t meet any of these criteria. If every push was a foul then every single corner would be a pen/free kick one way or the other. It’s a physical game, for me Gabriel needs to be stronger there, he’s gone down looking for the free kick rather than challenge for the ball.
Their determination on the Gabriel foul is mind boggling. I could easily with them, or anyone saying it’s not a foul, recreate the situation given my experience playing soccer (football or whatever anyone wants to call it). I am 100% that if someone crosses a ball similarly and I stand behind all 4 in this panel (or anyone else) and push /shove the back of their neck they’re gonna be arguing they my were fouled. It’s like none of them understand physics and motion.
According to the rules of the game a push is only a foul if it is careless, reckless or using excessive force.
This is the point, the referee and subsequently VAR have decided it doesn’t meet any of these criteria. If every push was a foul then every single corner would be a pen/free kick one way or the other. It’s a physical game, for me Gabriel needs to be stronger there, he’s gone down looking for the free kick rather than challenge for the ball.