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@essexloko74 @BBCMOTD It’s probably both :)

@Picturecorner @BBCMOTD I’d say the Havertz one was more Gastrocnemius, would t you?

Should Kai Havertz have been sent off? 🤔 VAR checked the challenge for serious foul play, but the on-field decision of a yellow card was upheld.

@essexloko74 @BBCMOTD Achillies goes a long way up, now we both know

@Picturecorner @BBCMOTD It’s right about there.

@essexloko74 @BBCMOTD I’m not disputing that Foden should have had a red card. Interesting take by the way, effectively saying Havertz “tackle” is higher than that, which actually makes it worse if anything.

@love_THFC @peterwoodman67 Agreed and on the same site, more or less. Modern day economics mean you have to put on other events and Spurs do that well, but front and centre is it’s a football ground.

@peterwoodman67 Not true. Whether or not they got it right, the board at Spurs tried desperately to create a stadium that was right for the fans. Not just move into an athletics stadium

Henry. If West Ham somehow survive you could write this same piece about Spurs. The move to a new stadium, the priority of commerce over football, the poor signings etc etc. #COYS

@peterwoodman67 Spurs built a purpose built ground widely regarded as one of, if not the best stadium in the country. The stadium has nothing to do with Spurs decline, it’s been not getting the right manager, poor recruitment and for some reason a never ending injury list that needs looking at

@essexloko74 @BBCMOTD Studs up, has left his feet, nowhere in the vicinity of the ball and gets the player on the achillies. That’s a red.

@BBCMOTD Nope. Not enough force, playing was running away from Havertz, he felt the contact and dived forward. Yellow is right call.

@henrywinter Or he could have waited a week, done it after he had left and walked away not slightly under a cloud. Did he anywhere acknowledge his own diminishing powers and how that has in part contributed to Liverpool not being the force they were?

Mo Salah is being called selfish and also caring about Liverpool with his “heavy metal” comments. It’s possible to be both, caring about himself and the club. One of Liverpool’s greatest ever players was making a legitimate point, and he has a right to. Salah could have delivered his critique to the hierarchy in private but he’s leaving, rightly so as the revered 33-year-old is not the force of old. He’s more string quartet than heavy metal. By posting his critique to his 62m followers on Instagram, Salah wants everyone to know how he feels - and how he feels a club he’s served so well and loves so much can re-find its way. Of course, it’s embarrassing for Arne Slot, especially when so many of Salah’s team-mates "like" the post (whatever their reasons). It heaps more pressure on the head coach. But the football overseen by Slot isn’t good enough at the moment. It lacks direction, intensity and authority. Salah is right. Slot has to focus most on ensuring Liverpool finish in the Champions League positions, rise above the criticism and give Salah the send-off a club legend deserves at Anfield on Sunday. #LFC

@geniusLubo @henrywinter So attacking players is poor, yet you are criticising Henry for saying that. Doesn’t make much sense that.

@henrywinter Assaulting anyone is poor. Like Sevco fans assaulting Celtic staff some weeks ago at Ibrox. Or a Hearts fan assaulting then Celtic manager Neil Lennon live on the TV. He was found Not Proven. Spare me your insight. You know nothing.

Martin O’Neill made Brendan Rodgers’ Honda Civic drive like a Ferrari. O’Neill is a master motivator, a player whisperer, makes them believe. Congratulations to O'Neill and Celtic on winning the Scottish title. But shame on those fans who attacked Shankland & other Hearts players

@henrywinter Who are you taking off the list?

Unai Emery isn’t - checks notes - on the six-man shortlist for Premier League Manager of the Season - checks notes again - #AVLLIV

@WisdenCricket @markbutcher72 @KiaUK Because they believe resting him now increases the chances of him being available for a greater number of matches throughout the summer.

🗣️ "I find it absolutely ridiculous that you can be rested from an England Test match because you've been playing in the IPL" ❌ @markbutcher72 can't understand why Jofra Archer isn't part of England's squad for the first Test against New Zealand 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🤝 @KiaUK #ENGvNZ

@TheNewsAgents @maitlis @lewis_goodall Do you really think this is going to change peoples minds about who they vote for? First you’d need to persuade vast swathes of people that Brexit has been a unmitigated disaster and those that voted for it don’t want to hear that.

"One of the problems they've had is not pinning Brexit onto Farage and Reform strongly or often enough - it’s a schoolboy error!" @maitlis and @lewis_goodall say the strongest part of Starmer's speech was attacking Farage - but you "can't fatten the pig on market day".

@Stevejny9 @_Tommy_Pickles @SkySportsPL I agree completely. Trossard is also fouling, Gabriel has a handful of a shirt. We could probably look at this for an hour and find even more fouls by both sides.

@_Tommy_Pickles @SkySportsPL Chronological order. Bullshitery at its highest. Dermot has got it so wrong by his own logic. Both fouls by Rice were before the goalkeeper incident. 👀 🤷‍♂️

"You have to go in chronological order" "If it's not a foul on the goalkeeper, I think that's definitely a penalty" Dermot Gallagher says the decision to overturn West Ham's equaliser against Arsenal was the right call ✅

@LufcMad42715 @_Tommy_Pickles @SkySportsPL I agree it doesn’t, but if an infringement happens prior to the keeper being fouled, then disallow the goal and award a penalty

@_Tommy_Pickles @SkySportsPL thats been happening all season, its the interferring/fouling the GK thats the reason for the fouls. everyone knows they are over protected. just because there are other things happening dosent negate the foul on the GK.

@henrywinter Taking away choice from the attacking team is not right. An option would be like in rugby union at a line-out, the team throwing in decides how many people to include. Either continue as we are, but more penalties given for infringements, or let attacking team dictate.

How to end the wrestle-mania scarring the Premier League? In all the fall-out to the (correct) VAR decision over the foul on Raya, some thought must now be given to stopping the free-for-all grappling at corners. Premier League and PGMO need to act on this embarrassment to the football it oversees. But how? More refereeing consistency would be a start. Operating a no-hands rule - as suggested by some - would be impossible. Contact will always happen in a crowded area. Darren Cann’s suggestion of no attackers in the six-yard box until the ball is played makes sense, as Cann’s suggestions invariably do. A working party of Cann, a former player and manager could easily advise PGMO on getting to grips with the grapplers.

@BBCMOTD @BBCSport He is right, each incident stands alone. The problem is a lack of consistency and football fans have very long memories!

Do you agree with Danny Murphy? 🤔 He says that, although Arsenal have been physical when attacking in the box through this season, officials have to look at this incident in isolation and that there should be "no controversy about it" ❌

@BBCMOTD He is right, the arm is across the keeper. What he fails to mention is that he is being barged by one Arsenal player and Gabriel has a chunk of his shirt.

An ex-official's viewpoint 🔎 Do you agree with Darren Cann on West Ham's disallowed goal against Arsenal?

@BBCMOTD Should the goal have stood,no. Should West Ham have had a penalty for the Rice rugby tackle, yes.

Wow 😳 Pure chaos in the box. Was the right decision reached? Should West Ham's goal have stood? Get involved on the BBC Sport app and website: bbc.in/4wn7vEq

@Mulvaney1Kevin @henrywinter I’m in favour of VAR, I agree there is a foul on the keeper but you are 100% right, many other fouls also being committed that are seemingly ignored, Rice being the most obvious.

@henrywinter Definite foul. As were countless others of rugby tackling attackers. Could pick out many across many teams. And yet VAR selectively chooses. Thats the fundamental problem. You cannot selectively interfere. Bin it. Leave it to the referee

They think it’s all oh var. it is now.

@stayleyvegas @henrywinter And Gabriel has a handful of shirt

@henrywinter VAR too busy looking at the Raya foul they missed the first Rice one where he bearhugged him to the ground.

@laurencecapel @BBCMOTD and Rice is pulling back a West Ham player and Gabriel has a handful of another players shirt. It’s an absolute free for all and there are probably even more things if you look at it really carefully.

@BBCMOTD Pablo has a clear hand on Raya arm. Arm being pulled. Todibo has a handful of his shirt, also being pulled. It's the right call.

VAR DRAMA 😮 Callum Wilson's goal was disallowed in stoppage time for this foul on David Raya 😳