Must be only me that thinks it was the right decision. Personally don’t think it was a natural attempt to shield or push him off. I thought it was an intentional flick and with a clenched fist
It wasn't a clenched fist. The replays show that clearly.
Son grabs out at McTominay and McTominay pushes Son's hand away and bounces off Son's fingers which flicks his hand towards Son's face. There is no intent (whether that matters or not).
If it's deemed a foul then fair enough. However, the Son grab should have been penalised as well resulting in a Man U free-kick.
However, VAR is supposed to correct clear and obvious errors OR highlight incidences of serious foul play.
Firstly, the ref appeared to see the incident and played on - if there's no yellow card given then how can it be a clear and obvious error?
If the ref is adamant he didn't see it then if there's no card to be given, VAR should be ignored. The only thing VAR can bring it back for at that point is serious foul play. VAR isn't there to spot minor fouls.
The argument will be that it was in the build up to the goal, but how far back do you go? They don't rewind every goal and review it from the last dead-ball. Son vs McTominay had no influence on the goal once the ball was released (and Son was the wrong side to have any impact on that).
The problem is with VAR not being used consistently either within games or between games.