If they give this as a pen then we need to all go into self-isolation to rethink the game.
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VAR - penalty to Leicester.
Vardy, 0-2.
Vardy, 0-2.
Shoulder that. Harsh
Erm, That's his shoulder no?
Thats a joke.
What the feck is VAR doing? That was clearly his shoulder...
That's not a penalty. VAR is absolutely crap.
That's a strange VAR decision.
That is wild...what do they do in Stockly Park?!
Anatomy lesson for VAR.
I am actually confused by that... have they changed the rules?
Crystal meth.
It was definitely handball he puts his arm out to stop it
That was 100% shoulder, 0% hand.
At this rate I'm thinking VAR won't feature next season.
At this rate I'm thinking VAR won't feature next season.
One thing VAR could get right and they consistently manage to f up this shoulder/arm thing.
Pen incident - 2:0 Vardy
Not a pen. Sickening how cowardly they are with VAR, so freaken scared to overrule each other. Stupid, idiotic.
Nope.
That has to be the worst VAR decision yet. I mean there's nothing even remotely debatable about it.
I'd be fuming if I was a Villa fan.
That was a pen, but they didn’t give it because of the first one. 2 wrongs making a right.
It never even got a chance to reach his arm? It glanced off the side of his shoulder.
The shoulder rule seems to change from match to match this season
Pushed him right in front of the ref and nothing given 
And then an actual penalty not given.
Incompetence evening out incompetence
I don't think it was anything other than VAR not wanting to overrule the ref, despite him making the obvious bad call. It happens far too much.
Yeah. I could accept that prior to VAR, it was all a bit more loose. Now though, it's blatant. There's no way around that. When you make an obvious mistake it's hard to make any excuses.
Exactly this, they are afraid to death to overrule each other.
He puts his arm out to intentionally make himself bigger I think if he didn’t they wouldn’t of give it.
Why do the refs in the PL seemingly go out of their way to make wrong calls. Baffling, we’ve all seen the replay, use it.
Yep, and the solution to that is to have the ref use the fecking monitor and make his own decision like they do in every other league that has VAR. Didn't they even put out that they were actually going to do that not so long ago?
And he blocks the pass to Vardy with his shoulder. Great defending. So what that he extended his arm, it didn't hit his arm. Not a pen.
It doesn’t matter wtf you do with your arm when the ball never touches your arm.
I think it's a fear of accountability when there are no excuses to hide behind.
So if a player puts his arm out while kicking the ball it's handball then?
Pen was a joke decision
It does surely it hits him on shoulder/arm I can see why it was given
I can see why the ref thought it was a pen because of that action yes, BUT,, what he intented to do, and what actually happens are very different. That is why VAR is there, to ensure its on what actually happened, not what it appears to look like. Ball was long past him by the time his shoulder opened up enough to get his arm on it.
Anyone else trying to milk whatever is left of football this season with a "crowd ambiance"? I'm already feeling nostalgic.
Shoulder/arm? You know it's not the same. It's like you went on a date last night and you fecked/got stood up.