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Football and Var Cont’d
Former Manchester United player
"We called it straight
Owen Hargreaves refuted this
away...the way Kimpembe
statement when he said; “Every
(PSG player) has gone up
football person will say it's not a
there he's left his arm out,
penalty…It's hard for players. What
he's turned his back and he's
do you do in that situation? Where
taken no responsibility for
do you go with your arms?”
the way the ball has struck
him…It's a huge decision and Two other former referees, Mark
that's exactly why VAR has Halsey and Keith Hackett also said
been brought in. As the law that they disagreed with the
is written at the moment, decision.
that's handball." Walton told
That same year, AS Roma played
BT Sport.
against FC Porto in the knockout
stages. Teams in the knockout
stages play two legs (matches)
against one another, each team
playing one game at their
respective home stadium. On this
occasion, both games ended 2-1 in
favour of the home team taking
the tie into extra-time. The
