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The decision Craig is rightly referring to is Farai Hallam's no penalty call for handball in the Manchester City vs Wolves game in January. City demanded a penalty when the ball struck Yerson Mosquera's arm.
Hallam - a debutant in his FIRST Premier League game & a new referee this season - waved play on, judging the arm position as a natural part of a running motion with the ball struck from very close range.
The VAR (Darren England) sent him to the monitor for a review, but Hallam stuck with his original decision & gave no penalty. It was confirmed as the correct call by the independent Key Match Incidents (KMI) panel.
Despite that, Hallam was heavily criticised in the media all week (including Pep Guardiola's disgraceful "now everyone will know him" remarks) & he was not given a Premier League game the next week.
He has only officiated the Premier League twice since & been in the Championship otherwise. The system is designed to insulate & protect itself, but we need more new, brave officials like Hallam & less status quo types.
Craig Ellis@CraggerRagger
One thing that often gets overlooked when people moan about VAR is that a new ref this season looked at it and kept to his decision, something everyone has been longing for, got the correct call, and the media hounded him for it all week Can't remember his name
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