Lots of people talking about it not being a handball at all.

The ball does hit his chest first but that only applies for deflections not deliberate attempts to control the ball. He’s trying to control it with his chest and takes a bad touch. A bad touch doesn’t negate handball.

Hits top part of sleeve.

Other phases of play between it and goal.

Definitely not clear and obvious.

Literallly points to spot and awards the goal.

Don’t follow this one at al

I think it’s fine to pull something back after the play extends if the situation deserves it. This isn’t one of those, super borderline

This made me realize I don’t know what constitutes the changing of a phase of play.

Does headed clearance like that constitute a new phase of play even if it doesn’t leave the box and goes straight to an opposing player? Or does a team need to have actual possession of the ball?

Funny to contrast this with the Ayew goal against Spurs that they let stand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th9rGzvjQj0&ab\_channel=NBCSports

Clear handball but VAR shouldn’t be going back that far to call that.

If VAR wants to be used there have the VAR call it down right away

it’s crazy that we can’t go a single day without controversial refereeing decisions being made

VAR can’t fix incompetence but it will make them stand out more.

I don’t see how anyone can complain about that call. Toulouse immediately call for the foul. Ball progresses immediately into their box. You’re insane if you think that failed headed clearance should ‘begin’ a new phase of play. There are like 7 liverpool players in or around the box and Toulouse never have control of the ball for even a second

Who’s better at crying about VAR, Liverpool or Arsenal fans?

Flashbacks to the rugby World Cup when they went back 4 phases to disallow a New Zealand try despite the official rules only allowing 2 phases.

Did they change the rule this year? I swear last year if it wasn’t the player that scored, you couldn’t review the handball.

People don’t know the rules in here. It literally stays accidental contact with the arm following a deflection from the players own body doesn’t constitute a handball. Either the officials don’t know the rules (concerning) or they ignored them (concerning).

Really don’t like backing Liverpool and it was handball, but how far does var go back?!? Should’ve been goal.

One of the things that bugs me about this is that from the moment Mac Allister made a ‘handball’, Liverpool were in a strange state where they could no longer score. Play hasn’t stopped and Liverpool are in possession but if this results in a goal then VAR will go back and disallow it. Yet at the same time, they were never going to stop play for the handball after it wasn’t given by the ref.

The best thing Liverpool could have done at the point would have been to give away possession or to kick the ball out because otherwise the players are in some weird limbo where play is still going, they’re possession but they can’t actually do anything.