The tweaks come after a wide-ranging survey conducted by the Premier League and PGMOL earlier this year, that consulted clubs and the Football Supporters’ Association. “That means that the referee team - both referees and VAR - don’t intervene for trivial offences. A classic example of the latter was Arsenal’s penalty last season, when Richarlison’s innocuous touch on Dani Ceballos was punished. Those considerations are: degree of contact, consequence of contact and - crucially, as well as perhaps controversially - the motivation of the attacker. We made a mistake again last season where there was clear contact, a player stayed on his feet went wide, lost possession.

Source: Express August 02, 2021 21:31 UTC