Pen?

[davidmills]

I thought the Iran penalty was pathetic given the context to other penalty appeals especially Maguire's.

Just like every other fair minded person

 

[Mountain Climber]

The irony of VAR I have found is that in many games where it is used and a decision given there is usually a worse foul that has been overlooked.

 

[The Card Cheat]

I missed the Maguire one. I saw the close-up but not the wider angle so was the ball anywhere near Maguire? They rarely give anything for off the ball infringements from set pieces. Also, Maguire's there is a bit of shoving and grabbing from both players and from Stones and whoever he was wrestling with so maybe they've decided any fouls cancel each other out.

The one given was definitely a penalty. Shirt-pulling is very blatant and you can't argue it is for balance or 50:50 etc. I hate seeing players do it because it is so easy to punish. There was no need for Stones to be doing it and he should know better.

the ball was as near to Maguire, as the ball was to Ithe Iranian attacker for their penalty.
There was also some pushing and shoving around the Maguire incident, which is completely normal and acceptable.
What wasn't was the WWF move the Iranian defender performed on Maguire. It was an obvious penalty, completely ignored by the laughable farce which is VAR.

 

[Priv]

I thought the Iran penalty was pathetic given the context to other penalty appeals especially Maguire's.

Magiire’s wasn’t a penalty as Stones commits the first foul he pulls the defender back just as the corner is about to be taken.

 

[The Card Cheat]

Magiire’s wasn’t a penalty as Stones commits the first foul he pulls the defender back just as the corner is about to be taken.

That's nonsense man. The pushing and pulling that Stones was involved in happens at almost literally every single corner in professional football, what the Iranian gadgie did absoloutely doesn't.

 

[FatCat]

Magiire’s wasn’t a penalty as Stones commits the first foul he pulls the defender back just as the corner is about to be taken.

Surely the ref should look at it though!

 

[Loop]

An absolutely terrible decision from VAR. Where is the consistency?! I've no idea how they can overlook Maguires and then give that.

 

[Priv]

That's nonsense man. The pushing and pulling that Stones was involved in happens at almost literally every single corner in professional football, what the Iranian gadgie did absoloutely doesn't.

If VAR looked at it, then they look at the whole sequence, Stones commits the first foul so it wouldn’t be given. If he hadn’t done that we’d of likely got the decision.

 

[The Card Cheat]

If VAR looked at it, then they look at the whole sequence, Stones commits the first foul so it wouldn’t be given. If he hadn’t done that we’d of likely got the decision.

The problem with VAR and its defenders is too much letter of the law, not enough spirit of the law.
Yes, one can up with some convoluted way why technically Englands wasn't a pen and Irans was, but anyone with at least one working eye and an understanding of football can see in reality which one was a very obvious foul.