VAR has been labelled a shambles for permitting one stamp to go unpunished whereas brandishing a purple for an additional.
Wolves’ FA Cup third spherical go to to Brentford was marred by controversy 9 minutes in when Joao Gomes was despatched off for a reckless problem. The Brazilian midfielder had lunged in together with his studs exhibiting and scraped the again of Christian Norgaard’s ankle, leaving the Bees man writhing on the ground in ache.
Many viewers deemed it a barely harsh resolution by referee Tony Harrington. And Wolves followers have been left raging once more after an analogous incident was not handled with as agency a hand by Harrington or VAR official Jared Gillett.
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Mikkel Damsgaard and Wolves midfielder Tommy Doyle scrambled for the ball within the twenty fourth minute. As Doyle slid in to maintain the ball from going out of play, the Dane caught his foot out late and caught the Englishman with a stamp.
The referee failed to indicate Damsgaard a card regardless of the poor problem. And even a VAR verify didn’t deem the tackled to be worthy of a purple.
“This is arguably worse as Gomes was at least attempting to tackle, this is just over the ball,” one Wolves fan wrote on X.
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Another commented: “This is much worse,” whereas a 3rd added: “Zero consistency.”
More Wolves supporters fumed: “Ridiculous. It’s a blatant stamp whereas there was no malice in Gomes’,” and: “This is absolutely baffling. Ref has bottled it.”
And others chimed in with: “Who knows what a red is these days,” and: “Football is dead!”
Wolves have been punished with a person down 4 minutes earlier than the break as Neal Maupay fired the Bees in entrance. The Frenchman pounced on a free ball within the field and rocketed it into the facet of the web.
But the guests fought valiantly and have been rewarded with a wonder-strike of their very own from Doyle, who acquired the ball out of his ft and launched it into the highest nook from vary simply previous the hour mark.
Gary O’Neil’s facet have been capable of clinch a vital 1-1 draw to power a replay. They will benefit from enjoying at residence within the subsequent fixture.