These guys went to a great length to criticize arteta and protect PGMol. But when Manchester United got decisions against them, they are suddenly against var and referees? And United got robbed somehow? Where was that energy with arteta?
This is why Var and referees won’t improve that much. They didn’t care about it when it happened to rivals. But once it happened to them, suddenly the world is against them.
This weird sudden emphasis on intent is interesting, as was Schmeichel’s assertion after the Utd game that “common sense” should trump the actual rules of the game. Ryan Shawcross breaking Aaron Ramsey’s leg certainly wasn’t intentional, and using that logic he shouldn’t have been sent off, right?