How is no-one not talking about the fact that Chelsea were not even given a corner from the handball? So clearly, the referee didn't even see the handball at all, because if he saw it, and thought it wasn't penalty, then he should have atleast given a corner. Then Var should have told him that there was a handball, but is not a penalty, but then from that, shouldn't Chelsea have got a corner? Just dont get these roles.

I thought this wasn't allowed to be talked about😂

Yet they think the refs are not corrupt 🤔

Oh, they saw it, but 115 charges have them in their pockets.

Honestly the inconsistency of VAR and these effin referees is disgusting.. criminal almost ! 😏😤

Why are people still surprised that a penalty wasn't given against Manchester City? It was never gonna be given because it's City. Officials still wants to moonlight in the lucrative Middle Eastern leagues and Michael Oliver was the match official...he shouldn't be allowed to ref City's games.

Shocking, man who gets paid silly amounts by UAE to ref friendlies gives UAE owned team dodgy decisions yet again

Absolute disgraceful incompetence how VAR just dismissed it. In a World Cup or CL that would be handball every time.

If we get rid of VAR, all of the controversial decisions this weekend would’ve been the same…none of them were overturned by VAR. So we need the PGMOL to improve the standard of officiating all around. On field and VAR And the handball rule needs rewriting completely. I know this is about Grealish, but for me the better comparison is the Wan Bissaka handball, and the Ashley Young handball because they are identical scenarios…how are they giving one, but not the other?

Man City is now known to have these kind of VAR decisions in their favour! What was even shocking was the on field referee not to award Chelsea a corner. Didn't VAR tell him they were looking at a possible handball in the box. Now for him to stick to his original decision was not only shocking but embarrassing.

Have man city ever even drawn a game or even had a decision go against them when OLIVER or TAYLOR ref them? Those 2 are by far the worst and most corrupt

At last someone reporting on this. And guess what... Michael Oliver is involved with City again!!!

They did spot it but it's man city and Michael Oliver

Was a disgraceful decision. If it isn't a pen it's a corner at the very least 🤦

How can wan biz have a penalty and grealish not a pen mental.

More posts on X on the shocking VAR & more clubs should be vocal on social media. Disagree with Gary Neville and Sky pundits. Get real!

They did spot it,just chose not to give, corrupt var.

Add this to the 115 charges. Shame on fa for not even trying to punish city meanwhile they punish comparatively poor clubs like everton and forest.

They saw the one in utd vs coventry but not in forest vs everton. Definitely agenders against clubs and VAR clearly highlights that

People need to stop saying that VAR is inconsistent, because VAR is incredibly consistent in helping Man City in winning trophies. VAR seems to be orchestrated match fixing at the highest level. One day the facts will rise.

Its this type of consistency with VAR WHY people have Reservations about VAR, Chelsea didn't deserve that poor refereeing. There were 2 Clear Penalty Calls in that game, being hand ball by Jack and Kyle walker on Jackson.. not one was Reviewed and given.. CITY did not deserve that win.. Yes Chelsea squandered Chances but Fair is Fair.. and those Penalties should have been awarded... VAR HAS BEEN A VERY BIG EMBARRASSMENT FOR ITS LACK OF INCONSISTENCY... PLAIN TALK.

How dare you slam VAR for missing a call!!!! The PGMOL should be immune to criticism!!!!111one

All the officials need to be investigated by the police. There is definitely something wrong,how is it all fans can see yet pundits ignore it and call it mistakes? It's not mistakes being made it's something else going on.

The var DID see it. They just chose to ignore it because they are probably on sheik yabootys payroll.

Grealish one more of a penalty than the one that coventry were awarded

Shocking

It literally doesn't even touch him. Crazy how blind people are

I think I might be able to put a slightly different perspective on this one. I recall that, at the time, a series of replays were shown of the JG handball. From one angle (front on) it didn't appear that there was any contact so a quick look wouldn't have been enough. The matter was seriously complicated by the fact that the live commentator immediately said "DEFLECTION!" This leads me back to what I have said previously about how many officials are actually viewing the decisions. If VAR is being handled by say two people, it is possible that they both might have missed it as well as the referee. This is why I suggested that it would be much better for there to be at least a team of 5 people just in case of that exact scenario. One VAR official can easily miss something, two could, quite possibly do so but, when you have a team of 5 then it becomes much less likely for anything to be overlooked. After all, if just one of the replay officials sees something that could, at least, be enough for the referee to have a look at the replay. My gut feeling was that the incident was looked at too quickly and wrongly dismissed. It might be argued this could slow the game down or cost more but, in an event of that magnitude, i.e. with with a place in the showpiece at stake, the fact that a handball so obvious was missed was almost unforgiveable. No wonder you now have individuals wondering whether the City fair play anomalies might extend further. 🙄

Disgusting non decision from VAR the people in the boxes should be just allowed to look at offsides not anything subjective like handballs or fouls

The funny thing is the gave a handball against grealish in the final against united last year and almost everyone thought it wasn’t a pen this one I don’t think you could have had any complaints if that was given

VAR missed a penalty against a Coventry FC handball too

Fun fact, Man city do not have a bigger squad than any other team in the league. They're all allowed to only register the same number of players each season.

They spotted it but decided to ignore it

Why do they come out with statements like that course they seen it they choose not to review and give it getting boring now

The only ref i believe in is the one who was incharge of spain vs brazil

Every other pundit I've seen said it wasn't even a penalty.

How about the MU Burnley game?

Top of the morning to you lad. 😂😂😂. Lucky charms

And grealish laughing about after the free kick he know he got away with it

It’s a handball. The shot is on frame, and it hits his hand from at least 10 yards away. Poor decision

In terms of the donestic cups, if there is no VAR in lower leagues, it should not be used in the FA cup or the league cup.

Same hand ball was given against Wan Bisaka...

It’s the inconsistency that gets me! Not one against Man City or Everton, is against Man Utd. Making it up, 😅😂

Does he slam Caicedo not being sent off too? Or does that not suit the agenda?

Micheal Oliver bottled the Grealish Handball incident, it’s not the first time he’s bottled it and it won’t be the last time…….

The refs in VAR can make what ever decisions they want if they'll never be held accounable or questioned. They can be the difference between winning the league and relegation and how much the bookies end up paying out. There needs to be more....... scruteny or auditing

oh but they did spot it Jeff... and warded a goal kick... match fixed both semis. The fans have all had enough... absolutely disgusting!!! who will hold them responsible for this? why can't we listen to what they say??

Same ref who didn't spot the Doku boot into Mac Alisters chest , that's another game he's helped city out

Gary neville about to say “jeff resign from your job” cause he talked about var

how did they get away with the non decision on the foul on rashford that put him out of the game, he was clearly blundered into by the knee of the airborne defender who was totally out of control check the replay and watch rashfords boot get crushed

This is part of the problem. No one wants to see their team concede a penalty for the Grealish incident, but the media and rival fans are all screaming handball must be a penalty. His arms were in a natural position, there was so little actual contact, the onfield ref didnt see it and the VAR couldn't see a CLEAR and OBVIOUSLY contact to call it an error. Saying the wan bassaka incident was "the same thing" just shows the bias. The ball CLEARLY hits wan bassaka's hand. It was so clear, even the onfield ref saw it. No one, not the media or most bias rival fan, can tell me that Grealish incident prevented a goal. The ball made barely any contact and went wide. The wan bassaka stops a ball across the goal. Even then i dont believe that was enough to say it stopped a clear goal scoring opportunity. There was the goalkeeper and several utd defenders in the way of any Coventry player. So why do you think either deserves a pen??? You dont. Its not the officials fault, the stupidity of the rules means they have to either give a underserved pen or nothing. Introduce common sense back into the rules. Give the officials the opportunity to give indirect free kicks in the box for non goalscoring fouls ie these ridiculous handball situations and contact/dives of players that are not in OBVIOUS goal scoring situation. All this nonsense goes away.

Not spotting? The final was arranged months ago, since the leagues Manchester derby. Hence both sides were cheated through. Should be a chelsea coventry final. But imagine the arguments against cutting the fa cup with a championship side and a team not in Europe made the final... cant be having that, rodris tired

A solution for this is to have a team review system similar to cricket for major decisions the league can limit the number of reviews if a team review is upheld they keep the review of not they lose the review. Why is it only var and the ref that can ask for video review? A team should be able to have the same privilege in the event of them feeling a decision us wrong. Rugby video reviewing way better than football lots to learn there.

Pep's a great manager - in other countries they do seem to help their nation's teams who are in Europe, but he has a full 2nd X1 who could challenge for Top 4/Top 6. So i think his comments were excuses. Villa played 120 minutes and a penalty shootout away to Lille on Thursday night and less than 3 days later virtually the same X1 beat a decent well rested Bournemouth side 3-1. And we don't have a squad like City's. We have Kamara, Ramsey, Moreno, Buendia and Mings all out, & Luiz suspended. Only Moreno will play again this season. Our bench on Sunday had 4 kids & 2 GK's. Unai Emery just got on with the job, no excuses. Lille didn't play any games between the first and second leg (Ligue 1 helping their teams in Europe). We had gone to Arsenal and won 2-0 inbetween the two legs. If Unai and Villa can deal with tired legs and still win then Man City certainly can

Because it hit is arm, not his hand ,

So the EPL is ok when United gets screwed and also ok when city gets away. Yep. Nothing to see there.oh edit. And it doesn’t hurt that he dives like he’s on the Olympic high dive but never gets called for it. A shower of…..

Yeah play on it was going 10 yards wide anyway 🤣

1.31 they have go a massive squad No they don't I mean did u ever see their bench? how ignorant are you

VAR spotted it but decided not to do anything because its City.

Get the AFCON referees in PL for more entertaining football.

If a Chelsea player had been in the wall & the ball hit his arm the same place it hit Grealish it would of been a definite free kick to city..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 LAUGHABLE CORRUPTION!!!!!

City are the owner of pgmol

Every big game changing decision goes city's way as always

The refree mafia

People are laughing but it’s not funny.

In the prem, you can see that being awarded to every top team, let's be real. Go ask anyone outside the top 6 if they think refs would give a pen against their team for that, everyone is saying yes. I'm a spurs fan and I know that would have been a pen if grealish was a spurs player. 100% guaranteed. Same way I know we wouldn't have got the pen united got at Bournemouth. Thats how I feel as a spurs fan, imagine how the rest of the league below us feel. Teams like wolves seem to catch a terrible decison every other week. Why is this happening?

They did see it!! Man city have not had 1 pgmol human error apology!! Not 1 😂😂😂 Liverpool 4 this season and 6 in total. Arsenal 2 this season. Hhmmmm coincidence……. Then the 115 Everyone sees it now finally

Pep was absolutely right and you guys are pathetic

Total coward (just like almost all his media colleagues) . Moans regularly about these decisions knowing nothing will change, and yet when a club actually has the balls to call it out to put this epidemic of incompetence and potential corruption firmly in the public eye , he attacks the club . Far easier to attack the symptom rather than the disease itself .

115 FC

Did he slam the ref for not sending Caicedo off for a blatant 2nd yellow card.

Football is corrupt end of.

PGMOL is officially sponsored by City oil sheikh. EPL is Oil league.

Why does this suprise anybody city always cheat

Oh they spotted it alright. Had to. No way they could’ve missed it. Was so obvious the ball trajectory changed from the moment it reached the wall. So from that alone they’d have to check to see what it hit.

City have to win the lot so leave them alone.😮

A lot of immature people in the comments. Many refereeing decisions are subjective. People come to different views. Additionally VAR is not there to overturn every onfield decision so only intervenes in certain circumstances. Children can’t accept this. It’s a lack of maturity.

What made it even more funnier was Jermaine Jenas in commentary saying it wasn't hand ball and to top it off he gives kevin De.Bruyne MOM. He's the worst pundit on TV and I'm paying for him clear hand ball.

It was handball. Simple. Var is a joke.

They saw it Saudis money is good money Possible future world cup and their league need refs Football like the western world has lost integrity too much greed and no morals

How is possibly a deliberate handball?! His hand was by his side.

Would nt be talking about VAR if Jackson had taken his chances 🙄

Stelling has an agenda against City and his cohort loves Chelsea so no surprise there. The real story of VAR this weekend is the treatment of Forest and the offside decision to rule out Coventry's winner!

Slams var then next day critical of NFFC for calling var out Hypocritical pgmol puppets

Absolutely futile discussing Moan citeh cheats. And that Girlish wants a good slap. Give them all the titles but it still won’t satisfy Scruffyola. I used to think Oliver was the best ref, now he’s the same as all the others corrupt! 🫵