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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 3708925, member: 2141"] Caught the Arsenal at Man City game. The Gunners looked a lot better than the last few seasons. A lot more structure and disciple, even if I am not a fan of passing it around and out of one's own end. The biggest difference I saw was in age and size. Man City more often than not pushed the young, lighter Gunner kids right off the ball. PS - I thought actively toughing a ref was an automatic free pass to the shower, even in the EPL. Aguero for Man City was not happy with a throw-in call and garbed the lineswoman's shoulder and neck, which she then pushed his hand away. If I was the ref on the field in a HS match (yes, a lot different than EPL, though the rules are mostly the same) and saw a player grab a linesman like that, he/she is done for the day. Period. [URL unfurl="true"]https://sports.yahoo.com/premier-league-manchester-citys-sergio-aguero-grabs-assistant-referee-sian-massey-ellis-video-183913220.html[/URL] Also, caught the highlights of Liverpool versus Everton. Everton is a good team this season and while I am no Liverpool Red Sox fan, but Liverpool should have won. Henderson's goal should have counted because if VAR is down to determining if a single thread of a player's uniform is offside, then VAR is doomed. [ATTACH type="full"]59994[/ATTACH] Speaking of VAR, EPL officials are doing a dance trying to explain how earth Pickford did not get a straight red for his knee-high, late, flying tackle on van Dijk. Even if van Dijk as offside, it was very close, the rest of the play simply can't be forgotten, which seems to be the EPL Official's reasoning. A tackle like that completely puts a player's safety at risk and, unfortunately, it was later confirmed that van Dijk has an ACL tear will will miss 8+ months. The EPL needs to step-in and review and hit Pickford for a multi-game suspension. [URL unfurl="true"]https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2020/10/17/pickford-van-dijk-var-pgmol-statement/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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